On Wednesday 13 June 2007 10:26 am, Jason Dixon wrote:

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> On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:02:42 -0600, Theo de Raadt

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> >> On 6/13/07, Henning Brauer  wrote:

> >> > very fast single-CPU machines here in Hamburg, asap, since I have some

> >> > time for such development right now. If you can help, please drop

> >

> > deraadt@

> >

> >> > and me an email.

> >>

> >> Got me a t-shirt, a 4.1 CD set, and 0 to you.

> >

> > Thanks a lot.

> >

> > However I wish there were some large companies out there using and

> > relying in pf, who could just decide (right now) to ship Henning two

> > machines.  Not because it is the right thing to do, but because they

> > will directly benefit, immediately.  They could do so completely out

> > of self-interest.

> >

> > But perhaps there are no large companies using pf?  That's entirely

> > possible, I suppose.

> >

> > Supporting requests like Henning's out of the pocket change that our

> > private user community has is rather crazy; it is a management

> > headache for us to wait for money, then move it around.  Using such

> > (smallish) monies to keep other project needs under control -- that is

> > smart.

> >

> > These performance enhancements will not affect regular private users,

> > but will be of particular benefit to companies who use our software in

> > larger installs.  Companies should stand up when such requests are

> > made, or they and their employees should be ashamed of themselves for

> > not having any vision, at all.

>

> I'm probably going to lose a friend over this, but I'd like to challenge

> iXsystems to step up and donate a couple systems for this purpose.  It

> would benefit everyone for you guys to donate the hardware to further

> optimize PF.  We all know that PF has become as ubiquitous as OpenSSH, at

> least in the BSD world.

>

> How about it Matt, is iXsystems up to the challenge?

Damn you. Let me see what I can do. But yes, we had planned to do some OpenBSD

support after the BSD Mall merger and integration.
What kind of specs are we looking for? And remember, we're not a huge

company!

I just req'd a few systems for work on FreeBSD 10 GigE support, a system for

BSD Cert (plus cash), and I'm sure that I am forgetting a few we recently

handed around.
Where is Henning located? Shipping free stuff out of country is sometimes a

pain and takes longer.
We just did a network upgrade, so if you guys need some quality older

hardware, we can deliver fairly quickly. P2/P3 Intel based SCSI. There were

no problems with the systems, it was just time to upgrade.
FYI, we did indeed just switch over to pf on our main gateway. Thank you :-)
best,

-matt
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