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On Wednesday 06 June 2007, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: |
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> I had firestarter-1.0.3 emerged for quite some time. I hadn't really |
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> used it, but I'm a bit surprised now to find that it's interfering |
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> with normal emerges because it's got a big red "M" smacked on it. |
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> I suppose that means there's a problem with it, and it's explained in |
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> some forum or list that I don't normally get. But now I'd like a |
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> clue: what's the {prognosis, workaround, fix, alternative}. As I |
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> mentioned, I hadn't really started to use it, but I'd like to have a |
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> better firewall tool than building iptables scripts in vim. |
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I find it useful to read the new entries in |
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$PORTDIR/profile/package.mask after every sync to see what's recently |
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been nuked: |
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# Michael Sterrett <mr_bones_@g.o> (30 May 2007) |
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# masked for removal on 20070629 |
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# Upstream is dead and there are several open bugs: |
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# http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=146620 |
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# http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=179792 |
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# http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=180104 |
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# http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=180105 |
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# See |
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http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.firewalls.firestarter.user/1342 |
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# for a thread on the mailing list regarding the state of things, |
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including |
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# mention of the problems with the newest netfilter code. |
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net-firewall/firestarter |
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alan |
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Optimists say the glass is half full, |
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Pessimists say the glass is half empty, |
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Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za |
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+27 82, double three seven, one nine three five |
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