On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 22:39 +0100, Yet Another Ninja wrote: > your modules are all there already and much of it is already managed as > you suggest: they're called rules.. you can even switch them on or off, > or add your own "modules" /plugins/modules. > > SA provides an Open Source FRAMEWORK which caters to many millions of > systems - if it doesn't fit your needs, use as you wish and/or fork out. > Many do that with the ruleset - many don't > I'm aware of that, BUT: - there is resource-specific stuff permanently wired in, e.g. the HABEAS rules - there are other rules and modules littered round the net.
AFAIK there is no single reference point or code library where stripped-out specifics (HABEAS) or independent code can be placed. > SA devs are volunteers. What's stopping you from actively contributing > to the development? > Time and the fact that I'm a C/Java person rather than a Perl maven. I have a couple of projects on the boil at present, one being mail-related. This has an associated SA plugin and rule that is up and running on my server and will be released as part of the mail-related project. Martin