>Dear Mr. Eastep, > >I cannot thank you enough for the humungous job and the endless >effort you are putting into Shorewall. It's a totally amazing and >dependable product that has it's fixed place on all linux machines >at work, home, and wherever I am asked to lend a hand in securing >linux machines and networks for years.. >That and all the support for free, what can I say... outstanding. >Thank you again. >Considering the jaded (under)tone in some of your mails, I very much >hope you do not think about "giving up". >Pretty please. Don't. >Thanks also to all the helpful people on the mailing lists.
I'd like to second that. I'm on a number of technical lists (trying to 'do my bit' and contribute as I can) and they are all much the same - a seemingly endless stream of new users, some of whom clearly haven't read the documentation available or completely lack the underlying skills (no idea at all about IP addressing is quite common). I try to chip in when I can, but I lack the in depth knowledge of the 'inside workings' that Tom has - I manage better on one or two other lists. I can quite understand the weary tone of some of Tom's posts - more than once I've had to restrain myself when answering (yet again) a simple fundamental question from someone who clearly didn't try and help themselves first. So even if it doesn't seem like it at times, there are plenty of us who appreciate your hard work. -- Simon Hobson Visit http://www.magpiesnestpublishing.co.uk/ for books by acclaimed author Gladys Hobson. Novels - poetry - short stories - ideal as Christmas stocking fillers. Some available as e-books. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Shorewall-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users
