Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261916AbTKQO5c (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Nov 2003 09:57:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263215AbTKQO5c (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Nov 2003 09:57:32 -0500 Received: from cc78409-a.hnglo1.ov.home.nl ([212.120.97.185]:46721 "EHLO catnet.kabel.utwente.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261916AbTKQO5a (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Nov 2003 09:57:30 -0500 Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 15:57:23 +0100 From: Wilmer van der Gaast To: James Morris Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Configuration help texts for IPsec Message-ID: <20031117145723.GB1268@gaast.net> References: <20031115150841.GA4854@gaast.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="y0ulUmNC+osPPQO6" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: Linux 2.4.22-ac4 on a i686 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1902 Lines: 55 --y0ulUmNC+osPPQO6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable James Morris (jmorris@redhat.com) wrote: > > IPsec-related options say "Say Y unless you know what you are doing.". > > Looks fine for people who applied the IPsec patch to a kernel which > > comes without it, but now that it's in stock, it's probably not very > > useful to force all users to use IPsec. > Nobody is being forced to use it: the advice is provided to help people= =20 > get IPsec working properly. >=20 Yes, very true. But now that the patch is in 2.6 by default, I think the situation changes. Just imagine a person who doesn't even know what IPsec is, trying to configure a 2.6 kernel. "IP: AH tranformation.. What's that? Let's check the help page. Oh, it says I should just say Yes. Okay, let's do that." Shouldn't the text "If unsure, say Y." be more like "If you want to use IPsec, you need this."? Possibly with an addition like "If you don't know what IPsec is, you don't need it."? Greetings, Wilmer v/d Gaast. --=20 +-------- .''`. - -- ---+ + - -- --- ---- ----- ------+ | lintux : :' : lintux.cx | | OSS Programmer www.bitlbee.org | | at `. `~' debian.org | | www.algoritme.nl www.lintux.cx | +--- -- - ` ---------------+ +------ ----- ---- --- -- - + --y0ulUmNC+osPPQO6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/uOHTeYWXmuMwQFERAouAAKCk4FRwZ/pnQ8q8zWiPVDTdLWlOjgCfS2En GbOk3JYfmqiughrKanavlbc= =LLtq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --y0ulUmNC+osPPQO6-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/