'punching nameserver'
Bill Nottingham
notting at redhat.com
Thu Apr 8 04:10:24 UTC 2004
Josep Puigdemont (baldrick at terra.es) said:
> from the initscripts module, there's a hard to translate string (for
> me):
>
> #: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-post:83
> msgid "punching nameserver $nameserver through the firewall"
> msgstr ""
>
> The problem is the meaning of "punch (to)" in this sentence, any hints?
Hm, the idiom is usually either 'punch a hole in the firewall' or
'poke a hole in the firewall'.
It means to allow packets from that nameserver through the firewall.
Bill
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