RE: [Leaf-devel] weblet & the like

2002-02-07 Thread Angelacos, Nathan
Charles Steinkuehler wrote: >No...that's exactly what I'm thinking. There should be a consistent way to >configure/manage a package, so multiple front-ends can be driven w/o >requiring changes to the basic package. Maybe even a set of low-level tools >to deal with modifying configuration files,

Re: [Leaf-devel] weblet & the like

2002-02-05 Thread guitarlynn
On Tuesday 05 February 2002 14:52, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: > sh-httpd could be modified to include POST, but it might be better to > use something like mini-httpd, or perhaps a web-server written in an > scripting alternate language (if we include something like java, > ruby, &c). If we stic

Re: [Leaf-devel] weblet & the like

2002-02-05 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
> >Nothing nailed down so-far...the "whole enchalida" is up for grabs! I'd > >especially like to see a clean, extensible, understandable method for > >setting up complex networking configurations & static routes, since we're > > Something like a meta-defninition that goes in the package (currentl

RE: [Leaf-devel] weblet & the like

2002-02-05 Thread Angelacos, Nathan
>Nothing nailed down so-far...the "whole enchalida" is up for grabs! I'd >especially like to see a clean, extensible, understandable method for >setting up complex networking configurations & static routes, since we're Something like a meta-defninition that goes in the package (currently /var/li

Re: [Leaf-devel] weblet & the like

2002-02-05 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
> hehe, Linuxconf more like Webmin :) > > OK, that pretty much eliminates any CGI except shell then. It's likely > the best option, being the perl is not possible on a floppy. I imagine > licensing would be a issue with vitually any other scripting language > anyway. Not necessarily, althoug

Re: [Leaf-devel] weblet & the like

2002-02-05 Thread guitarlynn
On Tuesday 05 February 2002 08:16, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: > IMHO, there's nothing inherently wrong with GUI config tools > (properly secured). I would like to see a consistent configuration > system for the next generation LEAF that allows text-based menu > configiguration via scripts on the

Re: [Leaf-devel] weblet & the like

2002-02-05 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
> > Personally, I think there's something fundamentally wrong > > with managing a firewall/router through a web-based interface, but it > > seems that I'm the only one who feels this way... > > Nope, your not alone. _Many_ of us feel exactly that way, but may don't > and this limits the user base.

Re: [Leaf-devel] weblet & the like

2002-02-04 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
> I would agree with everything there, but I feel that the standard CGI is > fine _on_ the distribution. SSL will be absolutely necessary for > anything run externally, which brings us back to the chicken-n-egg > question is sh-httpd configurable for SSL ? If you've got the space, sh-httpd (

Re: [Leaf-devel] weblet & the like

2002-02-04 Thread guitarlynn
On Monday 04 February 2002 08:21, Angelacos, Nathan wrote: > Lynn wrote regarding the Mosquito distribution: > > I have been busy looking at some CGI options myself lately. :) > > Personally, I think there's something fundamentally wrong > with managing a firewall/router through a web-based interf

[Leaf-devel] weblet & the like

2002-02-04 Thread Angelacos, Nathan
Lynn wrote regarding the Mosquito distribution: > I have been busy looking at some CGI options myself lately. :) Personally, I think there's something fundamentally wrong with managing a firewall/router through a web-based interface, but it seems that I'm the only one who feels this way... I'v