On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Cat Okita <c...@reptiles.org> wrote: > On Thu, 19 Aug 2010, Christopher Morrow wrote: >> >> this paper, while full of math and graphs and sh*t, doesn't make my >> acl management simpler, clearer or more complete... I keep trying to >> push my acls through the paper, no joy yet. >> >> there's code or something somewhere that implements the algorithms and >> graphs and sh*t that the paper shows in a pretty fashion? > > Heh. Of course there's code associated with it -- how else would we have > managed to come up with numbers from practical application :P
oh! I thought perhaps on them fancy HP 37 calculators? Seriously though, in a brief read I saw it talking about checkpoint firewall policy stuff... does the code include compiling to meta-state the policy? does it handle policy from things other than checkpoint? (like juniper router firewall syntax and pix and cisco acls?) > OTOH, without some idea of whether it's what he had in mind, it's > pointless to push the battle to go anywhere with it. > > There are certainly some commercial products that do what he seemed to be > asking about, as well -- but I'm failing to find references to them just > now (nothing like illness and deadlines). > >> (btw, you owe me some neosporin to take care of all the paper cuts) > > I've got some lovely iodine... :P excellent! I love purple skin! -chris > cheers! > ========================================================================== > "A cat spends her life conflicted between a deep, passionate and profound > desire for fish and an equally deep, passionate and profound desire to > avoid getting wet. This is the defining metaphor of my life right now." >