Re: [Leaf-devel] Grand New Firewall Paradigm

2001-01-03 Thread George Metz
On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, David Douthitt wrote: > > I don't think a secondary system is a requirement...you can do lots of > > very powerful things in shell script, and the code is usually pretty > > small. If necessary, some C code could be written to do things that > > were too cumbersome (or imposs

Re: [Leaf-devel] Grand New Firewall Paradigm

2001-01-03 Thread David Douthitt
On 4 Jan 2001, at 2:36, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: > > One of the things that would be (almost) required is a secondary > > system though; which is similar to either what Donovan was > > suggesting - run it on a workstation, and copy the files to the > > target system - > > I don't think a secon

Re: [Leaf-devel] Grand New Firewall Paradim

2001-01-03 Thread Anh (Ly) Vuong
Charles Steinkuehler wrote: > ... > Pretty much all networking related configuration could be directly generated > from an appropriate functional description of the black box, including > interface setup, proxy-arp, static-NAT, QOS, and anything else that happens > inside the box (I don't want

Re: [Leaf-devel] Grand New Firewall Paradim

2001-01-03 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
> (Steps in holding up a REALLY LARGE Stop Sign) Where were you when a took that wrong turn in Alberqueque?!? :> > Not picking on you Mike, but you're the first to step out into the open on > this issue, and the first to do more than hint about the possibility. > > Are we looking at a rewrite of

[Leaf-devel] glibc 2.1.3 (Was: Re: [LRP] Thoughts/questions/etc.)

2001-01-03 Thread George Metz
On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, David Douthitt wrote: > > I didn't mean a separate package. I meant rebuilding the whole > > system around glibc-2.1.3. No libc, just glibc in root.lrp. > > root.lrp is loaded by the kernel; if it doesn't fit on a 1.68M disk > it isn't going to happen. If glibc is 4M, it

Re: [Leaf-devel] Vote on web & logo entries

2001-01-03 Thread Paul Batozech
Paul Batozech wrote: > > Well this is tough as all are quite good, but here goes. > > Web Site: Eric's > > Logo: For a graphic type I'd say Jack's Sorry about this Jack, but I just saw Mike's 'cool-metal_leaf.png'and I gotta change my vote! And no, I'm note just trying to suck up:) Paul >

Re: [Leaf-devel] New logos

2001-01-03 Thread George Metz
On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Mike Noyes wrote: > BTW, since I was in Gimp anyway I created another simple logo. > ftp://leaf.sourceforge.net/pub/leaf/logo/mhnoyes/cool-metal_leaf.png Once we get around to secondary logos, this one gets my vote for a banner style. Nice work, Mike. -- George Metz Commerci

Re: [Leaf-devel] New logos

2001-01-03 Thread George Metz
On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Mike Noyes wrote: > Everyone, > I just uploaded two new logos based on the tuxnet image. > > tuxnet-leaflogo2.png - implements a suggestion from George Change my vote to this one. Much nicer than my first attempt to Manipulate Graphics. =) I looked at Pedro's entry, and whi

Re: [Leaf-devel] Grand New Firewall Paradim

2001-01-03 Thread George Metz
On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Mike Sensney wrote: > Here is my attempt at restating the problem. (Steps in holding up a REALLY LARGE Stop Sign) Not picking on you Mike, but you're the first to step out into the open on this issue, and the first to do more than hint about the possibility. Are we looking

Re: [Leaf-devel] Grand New Firewall Paradigm

2001-01-03 Thread Donovan Baarda
On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 05:53:52PM -0600, David Douthitt wrote: > On 3 Jan 2001, at 23:38, Donovan Baarda wrote: > > > Ummm, maybe I am out on my own, but what is wrong with having a bulky > > fw-builder app that runs on a full machine to generate a light-weight > > fw that can be loaded onto the

Re: [Leaf-devel] New logos

2001-01-03 Thread Jack Coates
the ftp link worked for me. kinda cool, but a little too much metal for me. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: It's what's for dinner! On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, David Douthitt wrote: > On 3 Jan 2001, at 23:11, Mike Noyes wrote: > > > BTW, since I was in Gimp anyway I created another simple logo. > > ftp:

Re: [Leaf-devel] New logos

2001-01-03 Thread Mike Noyes
At 05:23 PM 1/3/01 -0600, David Douthitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 3 Jan 2001, at 23:11, Mike Noyes wrote: > > > BTW, since I was in Gimp anyway I created another simple logo. > > ftp://leaf.sourceforge.net/pub/leaf/logo/mhnoyes/cool-metal_leaf.png > >I still can't get there, but I did find

Re: [Leaf-devel] Grand New Firewall Paradigm

2001-01-03 Thread David Douthitt
I didn't realize this till later, but perhaps we have something useful already. at least *I* do :-) I'm going to try this out and see just exactly what it does. I'm not satisified entirely with the "watch the traffic and allow it" approach to firewalling, but it may be a good quickstart,

Re: [Leaf-devel] Grand New Firewall Paradigm

2001-01-03 Thread David Douthitt
On 3 Jan 2001, at 23:38, Donovan Baarda wrote: > Ummm, maybe I am out on my own, but what is wrong with having a bulky > fw-builder app that runs on a full machine to generate a light-weight > fw that can be loaded onto the leaf machine? What "full machine"? If I'm Mr. Home User with Windows 95

Re: [Leaf-devel] Grand New Firewall Paradigm

2001-01-03 Thread Donovan Baarda
On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 09:31:01AM -0600, David Douthitt wrote: > On 3 Jan 2001, at 2:32, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: [...] > What about things like Mason, which scan typical traffic and > implement rules to match? Problem with Mason is it relies on Perl > (not nice in an embedded context). Um

Re: [Leaf-devel] New logos

2001-01-03 Thread David Douthitt
On 3 Jan 2001, at 23:11, Mike Noyes wrote: > BTW, since I was in Gimp anyway I created another simple logo. > ftp://leaf.sourceforge.net/pub/leaf/logo/mhnoyes/cool-metal_leaf.png I still can't get there, but I did find it at: http://leaf.sourceforge.net/pub/logo/mhnoyes/cool-metal_leaf.png ...

Re: [Leaf-devel] New logos

2001-01-03 Thread Mike Noyes
At 11:14 PM 1/3/01 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Wolzak) wrote: >Hello > > > Everyone, > > I just uploaded two new logos based on the tuxnet image. > > > > tuxnet-leaflogo2.png - implements a suggestion from George > > > > tuxnet-leaflogo3.png - implements a suggestion from Charles > >Charles

Re: [Leaf-devel] OO Firewall Design

2001-01-03 Thread Anh (Ly) Vuong
Sorry for butting in middle of the conversation; and please let me know if I make an ASS.. out of myself! :) Can we abstract these networking terms as follow: IS (Intermediate System), ES (End System) (OSIism here). And for each IS or ES, it provides one or more SERVICES. HTTP, FTP, Telnet

Re: [Leaf-devel] New logos

2001-01-03 Thread Eric Wolzak
Hello > Everyone, > I just uploaded two new logos based on the tuxnet image. > > tuxnet-leaflogo2.png - implements a suggestion from George > > tuxnet-leaflogo3.png - implements a suggestion from Charles >Charles, I'm sorry about the hat, but I'm still unable to remember > how to 3-D rot

[Leaf-devel] New logos

2001-01-03 Thread Mike Noyes
Everyone, I just uploaded two new logos based on the tuxnet image. tuxnet-leaflogo2.png - implements a suggestion from George tuxnet-leaflogo3.png - implements a suggestion from Charles Charles, I'm sorry about the hat, but I'm still unable to remember how to 3-D rotate it. ftp://leaf.sour

Re: [Leaf-devel] Grand New Firewall Paradim

2001-01-03 Thread Jack Coates
Sounds like CheckPoint's GUI, or even more like Cisco's Network Configurator (not sure of the name, no one really uses it). I have to admit I'm pretty ambivalent about changing focus. Firewall configuration focusses on the router because it is a router. Call it a packet filter or a firewall or a

Re: [Leaf-devel] Grand New Firewall Paradim

2001-01-03 Thread Mike Sensney
Here is my attempt at restating the problem. Charles mentions the various tools in current use, like Seawall and the extended scripts and what is wrong with them. (Not easily extended and/or modified beyond their original limited purpose.) Where I see the problem is that current routing/firewa

Re: [Leaf-devel] Grand New Firewall Paradim

2001-01-03 Thread George Metz
On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: > > > For instance, the following network: > > > > ...is a nightmarish FrankenNetwork. Hence EigerStein perhaps? I applaud > > you for making it work well. =) > > Who said it worked well? :> Works well enough that they're keeping it, neh? =) > I

Re: [Leaf-devel] OO Firewall Design

2001-01-03 Thread David Douthitt
On 3 Jan 2001, at 16:33, David Douthitt wrote: > I'm thinking about this some... > Thinking on this, the Fence idea makes all the problems we've seen: > you not only have to allow one way but also the other. > > The Network Idea simplifies things slightly, but creates the problem > in that the

Re: [Leaf-devel] OO Firewall Design

2001-01-03 Thread Mike Noyes
I doubt this will help the current discussion, but I think it's noteworthy. There is a new FAQ by Daniel Swan for comp.os.linux.security at: http://www.linuxsecurity.com/docs/colsfaq.html -- Mike Noyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://leaf.sourceforge.net/ ___

[Leaf-devel] OO Firewall Design

2001-01-03 Thread David Douthitt
I'm thinking about this some... and there are some problems with thinking about firewalls that I see: - the point of view from a firewall is conceptually that of a Fence: there is THIS side and THAT side and we see and allow and reject things going between. - Alternate conceptual views: that

Re: [Leaf-devel] Grand New Firewall Paradigm

2001-01-03 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
> > Various scripts like sea-wall, Matthew Grant's scripts, and many > > 'click the box & build a script' type programs. These solutions > > can be very easy to use, and configurable (to an extent), but they > > quickly run into problems when dealing with arbitrary situations > > that were not pl

Re: [Leaf-devel] Vote on web & logo entries

2001-01-03 Thread Mike Noyes
Vote totals as of this morning (Jan 3): Home page: EntryVotes Eric Wolzak5 Logo: Entry Votes leaf-green-logo-text.png 2 tuxnet-leaflogo1.png 2 leaf_logo2-1_S-F.gif 1 Pedro Barreto's home page entry is no

Re: [Leaf-devel] Vote on web & logo entries

2001-01-03 Thread David Douthitt
On 2 Jan 2001, at 21:58, David Douthitt wrote: > I like Erik Wolzak's site the best, with no changes. > > As for logo's, I think I like Pedro's logo best (black and white) - > wasn't that it on your site, Mike? Just wanted to clarify - when I said "no changes" I meant it :-) Pedro's Logo woul

Re: [Leaf-devel] Grand New Firewall Paradigm

2001-01-03 Thread David Douthitt
On 3 Jan 2001, at 4:08, George Metz wrote: > Can we do this by defining strings? > > For example; if the high level definition were placed into the > config util as: > > "I want my firewall to forward web connections from the world to > my webserver." > > Could that be interpreted as: > > "I w

Re: [Leaf-devel] Grand New Firewall Paradigm

2001-01-03 Thread David Douthitt
On 3 Jan 2001, at 2:32, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: > Current solutions: > Various scripts like sea-wall, Matthew Grant's scripts, and many > 'click the box & build a script' type programs. These solutions > can be very easy to use, and configurable (to an extent), but they > quickly run into p

Re: [Leaf-devel] Vote on web & logo entries

2001-01-03 Thread Mike Noyes
At 06:58 AM 1/3/01 -0600, "Charles Steinkuehler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Charles I'm sorry, but would you please chose your favorite. We can > > vote for an alternate later. Thanks. > > OK, make me actually decide... > >I guess I have to go with Mike Noyes' logo: >ftp://leaf.sourceforge.ne

Re: [Leaf-devel] Grand New Firewall Paradim

2001-01-03 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
> > For instance, the following network: > > ...is a nightmarish FrankenNetwork. Hence EigerStein perhaps? I applaud > you for making it work well. =) Who said it worked well? :> > > The complexity level of configuration grows dramatically as the scripts are > > 'generalized' to try and do more

Re: [Leaf-devel] Vote on web & logo entries

2001-01-03 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
> Charles I'm sorry, but would you please chose your favorite. We can vote > for an alternate later. Thanks. OK, make me actually decide... I guess I have to go with Mike Noyes' logo: ftp://leaf.sourceforge.net/pub/leaf/logo/mhnoyes/tuxnet-leaflogo1.png which I think works better with Eric's