[Debian-handbook-translators] To block or not to block, is that the question?

Daniel Leidert dleidert at debian.org
Mon Sep 26 04:44:04 BST 2022


Am Sonntag, dem 25.09.2022 um 22:41 +0200 schrieb Petter Reinholdtsen:
> 
> While translating the handbook to Norwegian Bokmål, we came across the
> following paragraph in en-US/14_security.xml:
> 
>   <para>An alternative to writing and saving/loading the required rules
>   is to use <command>ufw</command> from the package with the same
>   name. This tool is a frontend to <command>iptables</command> as well,
>   but it provides a command line interface only. Simple commands can
>   enable or disable (block) network traffic to and from ports and IP
>   addresses. The configuration files in <filename>/etc/ufw/</filename>
>   also allow for complex rule sets (e.g. hooking into the Docker
>   chains), which are then saved and loaded automatically. This tool is
>   often used for simple setups and to block</para>
> 
> The last sentence seem to lack some words and a period. Anyone know what
> it should be?

Hm, not sure why the rest is missing. The thing I wanted to say was:

This tool is often used for simple setups and to block incoming traffic on
ports which cannot be assigned to a limited set of interfaces or closed
appropriately.

Regards, Daniel

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