On Sep 17, 2014 11:09 AM, "Mauricio Tavares" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 10:29 AM, James M. Pulver <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm perfectly happy to not have the GUI. I would like to keep the key file > > the same so my wrapper install script can just drop in the key. > > > While I prefer using config files and command line, the average > Windows user in general -- and many Windows admins I have met -- are > more comfortable with doing stuff in a clickety-click kinda way. What > I would suggest is to find someone who is willing to take over that > specific project. i.e. delegate to whoever volunteers to do the deed.
How would you suggest we decide who should be volunteered for this project? > Now, what I would suggest is that anything this gui can do is done > through command line -- edit config, import keys, and whatnot -- so it > is just a pretty way to do what you can do in a script. > > > > > -- > > > > James Pulver > > > > CLASSE Computer Group > > > > Cornell University > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of SoulAuctioneer > > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 10:22 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [ossec-list] I want to get rid of OSSEC's Windows GUI. What do you > > think? > > > > > > > > I want to do a lot of work on the Windows agent to try and make it better. > > One of the big changes I have planned is getting rid of the Windows GUI. In > > my opinion the GUI doesn't provide enough value to make it worth maintaining > > the fairly significant amount of code that it produces as well as the bug > > reports. Lets look at what the GUI actually provides: > > > > Version information > > When OSSEC was installed > > Ability to import key > > Ability to change IP address > > The information from the key about what is configured currently > > Quick links to viewing the logs and config > > Help link to the help txt file > > Service status information and the ability to change the service state > > > > For the help, version and quick links. I think these links are helpful but > > can be done as shortcuts in the start menu to provide the same convenience. > > Importing the key is nice and probably the most useful thing but I would > > argue that this needs to be done once per server. I'd rather make > > manage_agents.exe the way to do this in the future. > > > > > > > > Changing the IP address again is something that maybe gets done once. I > > don't think it is much to ask that someone uses a shortcut link that opens > > the configuration file in notepad.exe to edit configuration options from now > > on. This is the only configuration option the GUI is capable of changing. > > > > > > > > The service information and changing statuses is probably the most useful > > thing that the GUI does. However, all of this can be done using native > > windows tools/cmdline. For most things System Administrators have to go into > > mmc to make changes to services this way. Most of this code is buggy and > > doesn't work well anyway. > > > > > > > > Basically, I'd like to get rid of the GUI and all of the code required to > > make it work so more focus can be put into other features and OSSEC's core. > > I think the GUI is just a novelty and with the Windows world moving toward a > > more command line oriented future this makes sense in a lot of ways. > > > > > > > > I wanted to see if anyone had any strong opinions on the matter before I > > start working on this as I understand this can be a pretty large change that > > people may not like. > > > > -- > > > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "ossec-list" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected]. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > > > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "ossec-list" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected]. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ossec-list" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ossec-list" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
