severity 314196 minor thanks Thanks for the suggestions.
Regards, // Ola On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 04:26:26PM +0930, Clytie Siddall wrote: > Package: harden > Version: 0.1.17 > Severity: wishlist > Tags: l10n, patch > > While translating the file harden, I encountered the following typos, > which I thought you might like to eliminate in a future release. > _________________ > 1. > po:5 > auto: ??? Type: note > auto: ??? Description > reference: ??? ../harden-clients.templates:3 > Original: ???0 > This package conflicts with a lot of client service components that > depend > on plaintext passwords. Some tools that use plaintext passwords is not > conflicted because they can be configured not to use plaintext > passwords. So > installing this package will only help you with some of the most > critical > server components. > > "Some tools that use plaintext passwords do not conflict..." > > There is another string which has the same error: > > .po:10 > auto: ??? Type: note > auto: ??? Description > reference: ??? ../harden-servers.templates:3 > Original: ???0 > This package conflicts with a lot of service server components that > depend > on plaintext passwords. Some tools that use plaintext passwords is not > conflicted because they can be configured not to use plaintext > passwords. So > installing this package will only help you with some of the most > critical > server components. > > You used "client service components" in the first string, so you > should match that with "server service components" in the second > string, so as not to confuse the user. > > > > 2. > po:6 > auto: ??? Type: note > auto: ??? Description > reference: ??? ../harden-clients.templates:3 > Original: ???0 > The advice is to look for each available client and investigate if it > use > plaintext passwords. If it does, try to configure it so it start using > encryption or some password exchange algorigthm that does not require > plaintext passwords. > > "We advise you to check any clients you are likely to use, to find > out if they use plaintext passwords. If so, try to configure them to > start using encryption..." > > It may seem strange to us the plural case in this situation, but it > implies "any" here. > > In this similar string: > > po:11 > auto: ??? Type: note > auto: ??? Description > reference: ??? ../harden-servers.templates:3 > Original: ???0 > The advice is to look for each available service and investigate if > it use > plaintext passwords. If it does, try to configure it so it start using > encryption or some password exchange algorigthm that does not require > plaintext passwords. > > don't you mean "server", instead of "service", in order to match > "client" in the first string? > > > > 3. > po:7 > auto: ??? Type: note > auto: ??? Description > reference: ??? ../harden-clients.templates:24 > Original: ???0 > The package fetchmail is installed on the local system. Normally this > package do not support secure connections so you are encouraged to use > fetchmail-ssl instead. A client that support encryption does not help > if the > server does not support it. So make sure that the server side support > SSL > encryption too. > > "Normally, this package does not support" > > "A client that supports encryption is not much use if the server > doesn't support it as well." > > "So make sure the server side supports SSL..." > > In all three cases, you need to remember that English verbs generally > change for the third person singular: > > I do > you do > he, she, it does > > I support > you support > he, she, it supports > > An easy way to remember this is that if "she" loses her "s", she will > become a "he", which is not the usual thing, so you must remember the > 's' with that group (he, she, it). > > > 4. > po:9 > auto: ??? Type: note > auto: ??? Description > reference: ??? ../harden-clients.templates:33 > Original: ???0 > The package fetchmail-ssl is detected. You have to make sure that you > really > use a encrypted connection. You do that by configuring the client and > at the > same time check that the server really support encryption. If the > server do > not support encryption it does not help if the client does. > > I would suggest: > > "The package fetchmail-ssl has been detected. You have to make sure > that you actually do use a encrypted connection. You can do that by > configuring the client, and at the > same time checking that the server really supports encryption. If the > server does > not support encryption as well, it does not help if the client does. > > "has been" is used because we are not detecting the package right > now, it has already happened. It's not the normal past tense (the > package was detected) because the we're talking about the period of > time from one point in the past (the beginning of installation) and > now. In that case, you always use the present perfect tense: > > --active-- --passive-- > > I have (verb) I have been (verb) > you have (verb) you have been (verb) > he, she, it has (verb) he, she, it has been (verb) > we have (verb) we have been (verb) > they have (verb) they have been (verb) > > This verb form is called the past participle, a part to be used when > talking about the past. It usually has "ed" on the end. > > So, in this case, "The package has been detected..." > > although there are a few irregular verbs, e.g. I have eaten, you have > been, he has had, she has kept, it has caught, we have thrown, they > have hit. > > > 5. > po:13 > auto: ??? Type: note > auto: ??? Description > reference: ??? ../harden-servers.templates:24 > Original: ???0 > By default some unnecessary services are enabled on your system. The > program > that provide them is inetd. There are other alternatives to inetd > which are > more flexible. The problem is not that inetd in itself is insecure so > you > will probably not need to remove it. The problem is that you have to > configure it to only provide the services that are really needed. > > Third-person singular again: > > "The program that provides them..." > > "to provide only the services that are really needed." > > Don't split "to + verb" structures: it's done a lot in speech, but is > incorrect. > > > 6. > po:16 > auto: ??? Type: note > auto: ??? Description > reference: ??? ../harden-servers.templates:24 > Original: ???0 > When you have edit that file you have to restart the inet daemon with > the > following command: /etc/init.d/inetd restart > > "When you have edited that file, ..." > > This is the present perfect tense again. > > _________________ > > I hope this is useful. :) > > submitted by: > > Clytie Siddall, Vietnamese localization team / nhóm Vi???t hóa > > our mailing list / h???p th?? chung c???a nhóm chúng tôi: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- --------------------- Ola Lundqvist --------------------------- / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Annebergsslingan 37 \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 654 65 KARLSTAD | | +46 (0)54-10 14 30 +46 (0)70-332 1551 | | http://www.opal.dhs.org UIN/icq: 4912500 | \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / --------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
