From: Martin Hejl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [Leaf-devel] chains/rules schema - win client
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Date sent: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 21:14:37 +0100
> "Scott C. Best" wrote:
> > Yikes, from schema to UI in 5 emails. :)
> LOL. You're absolutely right. But the way I read it, the reason for having a
> shema at all was to make a nice, user firendly frontend.
are you sure we read the same thread ?
As far as I (not natively english speaking) understood this emails
they were discussing describing the firewall,router and its
configuration in XML and just dreaming a little about what you
could do with that
> > 1. To make UI design easier for everyone, it'd be *nice* if the user's
> > intentions for the firewall were stored on the firewall in XML format.
> > A firewall.conf, as it were.
> >
> > 2. Given this firewall.conf file, a middleware process/app/script would
> > be needed to turn this data into the OS-specific firewall commands
> > (e.g. ipchains, ipfwadm, netfilter, etc). This middleware piece could
> > produce either a root-executable script, install the rules directly,
> > or even do both.
> I'd say, if we actually can come up with something like that (and make it
> generic enough to be extensible), that would be a great accomplishment. It
> would make life easier for everybody, and it would also make sure that
> helper apps written today don't have to be dumped when the next kernel
> release changes everything again.
>
> > Is this a sensible design-model paradigm for LEAF?
> As far as I see it, absolutely. Not easily done (at least for me ;-)), but
> certainly worthwile.
>
> Martin
Eric
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