I'm an everyday Joe who just happens to care about his security and privacy, so here I am.
I had to let something out.
Do developers really hate day to day users? Do they need to make everything more complicated than it needs to be?
For example, let's look at the firewall...
We got Input and Output.
I know what you're thiking. It's simple.
No, duh... they're not what you think, "Input" is not the same as "Incoming" or "output is not the same as "Outgoing" dumbass! get rekt n00b.
ok cool sir, I spent 5 hours reading documents already, but I will continue...
Forwarding and Forward. This one was so easy. I mean who could not guess that? Why didn't we call them a monkey and a spaceship and wait until users figure it out? We use arrows to help them after all!
Maybe use more arrows pointing from Forward to Forwarding. There should be even more arrows pointing at nothing! That'll be understood huh?
Even bring in shapes like hexagonal prisms, ellipsoids, icosahedrons. Leave nothing to chance...
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Let's look at the firewall status and you'll find everything you wanted to know... Oh.
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Chain *forwarding_lan_rule*
Chain *forwarding_rule*
Chain *forwarding_wan_rule*
Chain *input_lan_rule*
Chain *input_rule*
Chain *input_wan_rule*
Chain *output_rule*
Chain *output_wan_rule*
Chain *reject*
Chain *syn_flood*
Chain *zone_lan_dest_ACCEPT*
Chain *zone_lan_dest_REJECT*
Chain *zone_lan_forward*
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"Say what again kind sir?"
Did you think it was gonna be easy n00b?
No, I just came here to see the firewall rules. I though it could be easy like "incoming" or "outgoing" or whatever. Now I gotta get a network engineering degree and try again! Sure!
THE PACKAGE NAMES
- collectd-mod-rr
- odhcp6c
- nlbwmon
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iptable-mod-rpfilter
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They're named perfectly and their descriptions are amazingly clear on what they do. nlbwmon? Well it's a monitor, can't you see the "mon"? nlbw part is a secret, go figure it out.
Rpfilter? It's not roleplaying dumbass. Look at the description and you'll understand. I mean who doesn't know what "reverse path filter test on a packet" means? Or how it can be a filter. Or how it is related to a firewall? Don't be ridiculous. It's a test on a packet. It's also a filter. Even my mama can understand this. Pft...
But my mama is a linux expert, so you'll have to become another linux expert, and then come back and you'll undestand!
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End note: Not here to bash anyone or anything, just needed to let this frustration out.
Adios.