From 81c1d1d2381ec19dec83048abca500a1d89b9425 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: paulgear Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 06:38:57 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Another checkpoint git-svn-id: https://shorewall.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/shorewall/trunk@3690 fbd18981-670d-0410-9b5c-8dc0c1a9a2bb --- docs/survey-200603.xml | 118 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 106 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/survey-200603.xml b/docs/survey-200603.xml index 25675fd0d..cf7af0543 100644 --- a/docs/survey-200603.xml +++ b/docs/survey-200603.xml @@ -100,10 +100,7 @@ for the questions about organisational size and the number of users serviced by Shorewall match fairly closely, which seems to indicate that the majority of Shorewall systems are servicing the entire organisation - in question. Some anomalies seem to have crept in, e.g. some responses - indicated that their Shorewall system serviced more users than exist in - their organisation. There may be some good reasons for this that i - haven't anticipated. + in question. The vast majority (84%) of Shorewall systems are administered by only one person. One question that needs to be asked is, "Why?" Possible @@ -171,6 +168,11 @@ discipline (42%). This remains fairly constant across the spectrum when correlated with the highest level of qualifications. + Those users who do not claim IT as their highest discipline hold a + wide variety of other qualifications, including agriculture, art, + business, chemistry, education, various forms of engineering, law, + mathematics, physics and theology. + Almost two-thirds of users (62%) use Shorewall as part of their paid employment. Of these, 12% (7 of 58) do not use Shorewall as part of their official duties. Cross correlation with level of education @@ -233,13 +235,107 @@
Network - + The majority of Shorewall systems (82%) use between two and four + network interfaces. The number of devices connected to systems closely + mirrors the size of the organisations in which they are used, with 95% + of systems connecting less than 500 devices, and the largest group (41%) + connecting 2-10 other devices. + + Ninety percent (90%) of Shorewall systems are connected to 100 + Mbps or faster local networks. Most systems have a broadband Internet + connection or better, with only 7% having 512 Kbps or less, and 51% + having 10 Mbps or better. DSL is the most common form of Internet + connection, with over half the responses (51%).
Software - + The most popular Linux distribution on which users run Shorewall + is Debian (26% of respondents), followed by a group consisting of Fedora + Core (16%), Red Hat 9 and earlier (13%) and Red Hat Enterprise and + derivatives (12%). The next group consists of SUSE (9%), Slackware (8%), + Gentoo (6%), and LEAF/Bering (5%). + + The message about maintaining an up-to-date Shorewall system seems + to have gotten through, with 61% of respondents running the latest + version (3.0), and an additional 22% running the previous stable version + (2.4). Only 14% of users are running unsupported versions (2.2 and + older). + + The most common roles played by Shorewall systems are: + + + + External firewall/router (78%) + + + + DNS name server (61%) + + + + DHCP server (59%) + + + + Internal firewall/router (56%) + + + + Time server (55%) + + +
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+ Comments from users + + Here's a sample of the comments we received about the survey + (carefully sanitised to make us look good ;-). + + + + More power to Shorewall! + + + + Shorewall Rocks! I'm amazed how easy it is every time I need + to do something, even if it's been 6+ months since the last change! + :) + + + + Good job and a great product + + + + Shorewall is good, I have recommended it to several people, + mostly working in the University & academic areas. + + + + Thanks to everyone who contributes to Shorewall. That's a + *great* piece of software! + + + + Shorewall has been incredible. Tom has given so much of + himself to this project, I can only say thank you from one person, I + look up to people like him. I have used Shorewall for many systems, + I am a contractor that "set up shop" all over the world. Depending + on the available ISP services, this project has been flexible in + every situation to date. Also, depending on my needs, it has done + the same. "IP Tables made easy" is really an accurate + description. + + + + I'm quite intersted in seeing what the 'cross section' of + Shorewall users are like. It's made my life a lot easier over the + years, Thank you. + +
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