On Sunday, September 25, 2011, 17:49:47, Tom Eastep wrote: > I agree that the rules file, in particular, is outgrowing the columnar > format but I am reluctant to accept that XML is the answer. I worry that > if the ruleset is represented in XML, you won't be able to see the > forest for all of the trees.
From personal experience, I'd advise against XML. It's hard to edit as plaintext, and even if you don't get everything in a single line, it's way too verbose. If you're looking to change to a more structured format, I'd suggest to look at JSON or YAML. -- < Jernej Simončič ><><><><>< http://eternallybored.org/ > Always leave room to add an explanation if it doesn't work out. -- Rule of the Way Out ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy2 _______________________________________________ Shorewall-users mailing list Shorewall-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users
