Hi everyone, I'm sure quite a number of you have been anticipating details on Policyd v2, well here it is ...
I've just released a snapshot version, updated the Policyd site and uploaded the Policyd v2 site (http://www.policyd.org/v2/). Including updated Sourceforge and Freshmeat. Policyd v2 (codenamed "cluebringer") is currently written in Perl, this will provide a very fast means to get a decent framework up and standardize on many core issues. It will also provide a rapid development environment to implement new ideas and features and get them tested without having to deal with the complexities of C. The network portion is pre-forked and supports a shared cache between the processes. If there are any scalability or performance issues I'll just rewrite in C, having a working framework in Perl to work from would make this trivial. New features planned for Policyd v2 include the following... * Database independent, currently supports MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite. * Plugin/module support, all features are modules. * Powerful policy specifications. * Email compliance features. * Web interface. Plugins: The plugin/module support will allow for development of 3rd party modules which integrate with Policyd and can be distributed separately if desired. Policies: v2 is policy based, one defines the Source (src ip or cidr, email addy or domain) a destination (email addy or domain) and link this to a specific feature. This allows for fine grained feature checks, for instance Joe Soap sends Joe Blog an email ... you want to make sure this bypasses all helo checks because Joe Soap is a twit and cannot configure his server properly or has clients behind it NAT'ing out. Another example may be HELO checks only for @freemail_provider domains ... the options are countless. For more info check the Policyd v2 site. As development progresses the Policyd v2 site will be updated with the modules info, documentation, and how to use them. There is a separate mailing list for Policyd v2 development. Its a pretty noisy list especially at the moment with initial development. Those interested can subscribe at http://lists.linuxrulz.net/mailman/listinfo/cluebringer-devel . The sponsor funding v2 has indicated a deadline for 7th Feb ... so hopefully before then we should have most (if not all) the functionality of v1 AND a web interface. Any questions or comments, please let me know. Kind Regards Nigel
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