Hi Nathan! > -----Original Message----- > From: Nathan Angelacos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [snip] > > In my heart, I believe the LEAF model is the safer route. > Not perfect, but it > adds an additional layer of "defense in depth". > > While I completely respect those that want to run a router > off of a 1.44MB diskette drive, some of us want squid, > dansguardian, and samba running (on a local hard disk) AND we > want the warm-fuzzy of knowing we can reboot the box to a > known state. (And yes, I have a system that boots from CD-R, > partitions the hard disk, formats it, and then makes the > cache directories for squid before squid.lrp is loaded. And > no, you don't call it a router at that point. But I still > like to think of it as a LEAF box. :-) )
Yes, while you could call it a LEAF box, a router it isn't... I'm not against using the stable LEAF base for other purposes. One of the funniest for me is the p9100 printserver. Imagine, something that started off as a router/firewall is now a Network printserver... But that is ok. > It would be nice to scale the LEAF way of doing things up, > rather than abandon it because we have "larger media needs" > or because we need 24x7x365 uptimes. Sure, I use it with a CompactFlash, I don't even care it is read-write all the time. > > As I said in my original post: "Or, then again, its possible > I've just > completely lost it." I have a need for enterprise > configuration management; > but I'm also sensitive to the fact that the LEAF community > may not have those same needs. > Sure, expand it as you see fit, but give that work back to the community. I'm sure someone will sooner or later benefit from your work. Despite what I have wrote in the past against some big changes to the way things are currently done, I see a true need to evolve, whether it is for a central configuration management, or for a true easy webconfig. What I don't see often is the result of that stuff (new ideas), except of course for the wonderful webconfig you wrote. In conclusion, I do see your point, even if I don't 'stand by your side'. :) Luis Correia Bering uClibc Team Member PGP Fingerprint: BC44 D7DA 5A17 F92A CA21 9ABE DFF0 3540 2322 21F6 Key Server: http://pgp.mit.edu ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php _______________________________________________ leaf-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
