On Friday 30 June 2006 08:41, Pascal Bleser wrote:
> Just a little idea I stumbled upon...
> 
> How about having a directory that allows dropping in files as part of
> packages (e.g. /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2.d/).
> 
> Those files could include stuff like
> - a detailed description of the ports that are relevant to the package
> - parsable data for SuSEfirewall2, to be able to open (or close) ports
> based on that information
> ---8<--------------------------------------------
> <susefirewall2-service id="xmpp">
>   <summary>XMPP/Jabber</summary>
>   <description>
>     Open these ports to allow communication with an
>     XMPP/Jabber server hosted in your network.
>   </description>
>   <ports>
>     <port proto="udp" port="5222" />
>     <port-range proto="tcp" range="5222-5223"/>
>   </ports>
> <susefirewall2-service>
> ---8<--------------------------------------------
> (of course, it should be capable of being localized)

I'd like to have that too :-) It's nothing SuSEfirewall2 should deal
with though. The YaST firewall module can make use of that
information instead. Currently the information about ports is
hardcoded in /usr/share/YaST2/modules/SuSEFirewallServices.ycp

cu
Ludwig

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