Mandriva seriously should have opened MNF2 up to selected beta testers. No matter how good a team of developers they had working on it (and I'm sure they are excellent guys), it would have been nigh on impossible to do real world testing in house. Firewalls are very complex things and the number of permutations of configuration is almost infinite. You can't hope to release such a business critical application without very serious and widespread testing. The last beta I downloaded was from March. Quite frankly it was as buggy as hell. This is only to be expected due to the reason above. No further downloads were made available. I cannot see how they managed to release it with only a few further months of in house testing. I would be interested to hear how Mandriva did test this product. What methodoloy they used, how many combinations of install etc.
My 2 pence. -----Original Message----- From: Nigel Tingle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 August 2005 04:02 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Security Firewall] Building from CVS That worked quite well. As has been mentioned previously, I still ended up without /usr/lib/apache/pwauth. Referring to MNF8.2 I found that the above file was provided by [EMAIL PROTECTED] lib]# rpm -qf /usr/lib/apache/pwauth mod_auth_external-2.1.14-9mdk Adding mod_auth_external to MNF2 provided the file but not the solution. The problem seems to be as discussed elsewhere that pwauth is unahppy that getuid32() returns 502 (httpd-naat). Manually substituting pwauth from MNF8.2 solves the problem but .... Other minor niggles: I had to delete startup/kill scripts for diald, httpd and naatd, (the latter was bound to tcp/8443). (I don't want to run diald as there is no modem attached) Also: https://localhost:8443/ does not generate the login screen, (just naatd is running ...) but https://localhost:8443/en works as expected. A general comment is that this still feels like beta code :( Using the MNF2 interface I managed to get it completely confused about about what interfaces /IP addresses were configured. I was then unable to connect using the MNF2 interface to localhost or 127.0.0.1. It appeared to insist on redirecting to a non-existent IP address. (I then used netconfig to make the system agree with MNF2,) Even thought I have deleted the interface associated with the WAN, it still presents the invalid information in the Internet status screen - there seems to be no way to delete it. Andreas Hasenack wrote: >There is the mnf-en rpm package itself which has many dependencies. Try >installing it and its requirements. > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Minuco delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further infomation visit http://www.minuco.com or alternatively mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ------------------------------ minuco vigilize product suite | internet solutions | graphic design 31 Museum Street London WC1A 1LG t: +44 (0)20 7436 9944 f: +44 (0)20 7436 9955 http://www.minuco.com You have received this e-mail from minuco. It is intended to be read by the addressee because it could contain confidential and privileged information (including any attachments). If you are not the person or organisation this e-mail was intended for please return it to the sender and delete it from your computer(s). You must not copy, distribute, disclose, or disseminate the contents of this e-mail or its attachments to any third party unless authorised by minuco. It is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that the forwarding, opening or use of the e-mail (and any attachments) will not adversely affect their systems or data. Please carry out appropriate virus checks. All rights reserved. The intellectual property in this e-mail and any attachments are vested solely in minuco. _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Minuco delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further infomation visit http://www.minuco.com or alternatively mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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