On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 11:13:39 -0400 Ross Vandegrift <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 04:09:06PM +0900, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > that's cool - though maybe it would make sense to have a general "network" > > config tool that handles modem+ppp, ethernet+pppoe, wireless lan, normal lan > > (dhcp, static ip etc.)... ? basically there comes a time when all network > > connections somehow have to know about eachother and interact. this does > > mean digging into lower level system configs and management of these, BUT, > > you want to be able to: > > > > 1. use wired lan UNLESS its unplugged - then use wireless LAN > > 2. if these don't work, and a phone line is attached, dial in > > 3. maybe have multiple connections up at once but route different. > > 4. modify the above preference list. > > etc. > > All that needs to be done is implement a front end to Gnome's > NetworkManager daemon and we'll get all of this for free plus VPN. I've > poked around with idea a few weekends, but unfortunately, there's no > documentation on how a client application interacts with the daemon, > only Gnome's nm-applet source code, so I don't really have anything to > show. networkmanager also handles ppp and pppoe? didn't know that. last i checked it just did ethernet and 802.11. well then making a front end to NM is probably a good way to go. from what i read about NM is that it is up to the front end to provide things like network key, username, password etc. etc. when requested (as the back-end doesn't store it), so the front end needs a way to store these things SECURLEY. (personally i believe that a file owned by the user and only readable by the user is enough - sure root can read it, but how many boxes where a user CAN select networks is there going to be an unfriendly root user who doesn't already know these things or can't find them out easily). there is the danger of "trojans" digging these files up - but once you have a trojan/virus running as that user - they can do a lot of damage in terms of finding out personal and sensitive info... is it worth the effort to try encrypt and then require decryption passphrases etc. > Ross > > -- > Ross Vandegrift > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "The good Christian should beware of mathematicians, and all those who > make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians > have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine > man in the bonds of Hell." > --St. Augustine, De Genesi ad Litteram, Book II, xviii, 37 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 裸好多 Tokyo, Japan (東京 日本) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
