Feedback would be most graciously appreciated. According to this page on
the wiki: http://wiki.pfsense.com/wikka.php?wakka=ExtensionsSystem

Well, there's not much according to that page :-| Some pointers on where
to start digging into the pfSense package build process would help.

On Sun, 2006-04-30 at 22:53 -0700, Aaron Stone wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am working on the remote nodes of a network monitoring project, and
> looking into some of the highly self-contained systems out there such as
> m0n0wall, pfSense, and a few generic "here's how to highly embed
> FreeBSD" project pages.
> 
> I'm just now digging into pfSense, because of its package system, and
> please forgive me for speaking before digging into the code, but I'd
> like to feel out the possibility of whether or not pfSense will
> accommodate my applications before blowing too much time shoehorning
> them into the system.
> 
> I'd like to build packages for SmokePing, NetDisco,  AMP and ourmon -- 
> http://oss.oetiker.ch/smokeping/
> http://netdisco.org/
> http://amp.nlanr.net/
> http://ourmon.sourceforge.net/
> 
> Since I'm on a 128MB flash drive, I'm curious if there's been any work
> on write-leveling, or if most people find that it's not an issue,
> or... ???  For sure I'll need to transfer data back to some master
> server for long term storage; I assume that will be a simple cron job
> (uh, is there cron?)
> 
> Also, are there any projects that you might be looking for someone to
> dig into? I'm putting together a Summer of Code application regarding
> the network monitoring tools above, and if there's something I can work
> on along the way, I'm all ears!
> 
> Thanks,
> Aaron
> 

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