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> hi everyone,
>
> I was thinking... (this is odd :) and I came with one more idea about home
> user interface, and it goes like this...
>
> if we manage to create a XML schema or some other LEAF standart to store
> filter rules and other config data, I could code a win32 app client to
> provide a easy UI for rules creation, log view, and overall config for home
> routers. that way the average home user, simply deploys a LEAF image, goes
> to his/her win machine, installs the app and uses some wizards to configure
> the router.
>
> that wizard would change the default password, apply interface IP changes,
> act on the rule set, config the log options, daemons, test internet
> connection, config traffic shaping (when fully supported), etc...
>
> users run this wizard on upon the LEAF system installation, and use the app
> subsequently for minor changes, log viewing, package updating, etc..
>
> this win client would connect via ssh.
>
> all this providing that LEAF is able to store his configs on some sort of
> standart like XML.
>
> comments please...
All
This is a good idea, especially for a target audience of typical 'Joe
home user with a new cable/DSL connection', however I'd be opposed to
doing it in XML more or less on philosophical grounds. I only go with
proprietary Micro$oft solutions as a last desperate resort:) As LEAF is
an open source project some other mechanism, seems much more
appropriate. I find the quote below, from Petreley's column on
LinuxWorld, sums it up quite nicely.
"In fact, I'd bet people refer to XML as a technology these days only
because Microsoft has succeeded in its bizarre public relations campaign
to position XML as a replacement for Java. Microsoft undoubtedly hopes
that by the time people notice that XML versus Java is a crackbrained
comparison, Microsoft will have already shoved Java out of the picture
and replaced it with the C# language. Good luck, Microsoft."
The whole text can be found at:
http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-2001-01/lw-01-penguin_4.html
I'm no Java evangelist, there are other cross-platform solutions as
well. Php, Python? Pedro's idea is a good one, I cringe at the thought
of tainting things with M$ though.
Paul
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