On Wednesday 13 June 2007 10:26 am, Jason Dixon wrote: > On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:02:42 -0600, Theo de Raadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 6/13/07, Henning Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > very fast single-CPU machines here in Hamburg, asap, since I have some > >> > time for such development right now. If you can help, please drop > > > > deraadt@ > > > >> > and me an email. > >> > >> Got me a t-shirt, a 4.1 CD set, and $100 to you. > > > > Thanks a lot. > > > > However I wish there were some large companies out there using and > > relying in pf, who could just decide (right now) to ship Henning two > > machines. Not because it is the right thing to do, but because they > > will directly benefit, immediately. They could do so completely out > > of self-interest. > > > > But perhaps there are no large companies using pf? That's entirely > > possible, I suppose. > > > > Supporting requests like Henning's out of the pocket change that our > > private user community has is rather crazy; it is a management > > headache for us to wait for money, then move it around. Using such > > (smallish) monies to keep other project needs under control -- that is > > smart. > > > > These performance enhancements will not affect regular private users, > > but will be of particular benefit to companies who use our software in > > larger installs. Companies should stand up when such requests are > > made, or they and their employees should be ashamed of themselves for > > not having any vision, at all. > > I'm probably going to lose a friend over this, but I'd like to challenge > iXsystems to step up and donate a couple systems for this purpose. It > would benefit everyone for you guys to donate the hardware to further > optimize PF. We all know that PF has become as ubiquitous as OpenSSH, at > least in the BSD world. > > How about it Matt, is iXsystems up to the challenge?
Damn you. Let me see what I can do. But yes, we had planned to do some OpenBSD support after the BSD Mall merger and integration. What kind of specs are we looking for? And remember, we're not a huge company! I just req'd a few systems for work on FreeBSD 10 GigE support, a system for BSD Cert (plus cash), and I'm sure that I am forgetting a few we recently handed around. Where is Henning located? Shipping free stuff out of country is sometimes a pain and takes longer. We just did a network upgrade, so if you guys need some quality older hardware, we can deliver fairly quickly. P2/P3 Intel based SCSI. There were no problems with the systems, it was just time to upgrade. FYI, we did indeed just switch over to pf on our main gateway. Thank you :-) best, -matt -- Matt Olander CTO, iXsystems - "Servers for Open Source" B http://www.iXsystems.com Public Relations, The FreeBSD Project B B B B http://www.FreeBSD.org BSD on the Desktop! B B B B B B B B B B B B B B http://www.pcbsd.org Phone: (408)943-4100 ext. 113 B B B B B B B B B B Fax: (408)943-4101
