On 2/07/2012 15:39, Chris Bagnall wrote:
On 2/7/12 2:31 pm, Jim Pingle wrote:
No, that'll never happen. Bloating the system is never the correct
answer.
+1. I couldn't agree more.
Kind regards,
Chris
Well I was not expecting you to take the current package directly in the
installer and say it's integrated.
I was referring to adding feature. You already have a lot of packages,
or lets call them services that are "integrated" into pfSense. (so they
are part of the basic, like openvpn, dhcp server, ...)There could have
been a DHCP Server package to add, but instead you integrated it
directly. I've spoken about Squid or Snort but that doesnt means "I
would like you to integrated these packages as-is". I meant "I would
like you to intergate a HTTP Proxy and an IDS/IPS function". Then
whatever the software you plan to use or the way you
install/pre-configure it, I just need to care about what it does and
which options are offered to me through the GUI.
Hopefully you understand the shade between both approach.
I know large network tend to keep things separated (and I do agree with
that), but for SOHO or SMB, that's not always feasable. Moreover like
you said the status of packages is not really accurate and we dont
really know whether they are maintained or not.
I you really dont want put more into pfSense, I believe the option to
have the "official/supported" packages list separated from the
"unofficial/unsupported" ones, right from the Packages Installer menu,
would be a good option.
Btw no comment about identity-based and application awareness, shall I
understand it's on the way ? ;-)
Cheers,
tibz
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