On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Aidan Skinner <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 5:16 PM, Rajith Attapattu <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> However I'd like to see similar functionality/behaviour implemented by
>> our brokers for a given requirement where possible.
>> The Java brokers ip-whitelisting feature is standalone atm.
>> So wondering if there is any interest in combining with the ACL, or
>> why it wasn't done that way as it maybe due to some factors that I
>> have overlooked.
>> Also irrespective of how it's implemented I am keen to have the same
>> test cases against both brokers to ensure we share the effort.
>
> Martin and I kicked about the idea of integrating the two at one
> point, but didn't due to logistical problems with the current ACL
> implementation in the Java broker. It seemed to make more sense to do
> it as an extension to the shared ACL format, but that patch never
> quite seems to go in.
>
> Adding in a "from <netmask/hostname>" would be pretty simple syntax
> wise, and similar to what things like PostgreSQL do. It's a shame the
> @ syntax is already taken, but nm.
>
> Something like this perhaps?
>
> acl allow user from localhost
> acl allow user from 192.168.1.1/24

Yep, seems more intuitive.
I hope you and Martin could at some point get this going.


> - Aidan
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Rajith Attapattu
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