[Shorewall-users] Shorewall 4.4.24 Beta 4

2011-10-01 Thread Tom Eastep
Beta 4 is now available for testing. 1) This release includes support for 'Condition Match' which is included in xtables-addons. Condition match allows rules to be predicated on the setting of a named switch in /proc/net/nf_condition/. See http://www.shorewall.net/configurat

Re: [Shorewall-users] Shorewall 4.4.24 Beta 4

2011-10-01 Thread Ed W
On 01/10/2011 15:21, Tom Eastep wrote: > 2) With the preceding change, the rules file now has 14 columns. That > makes it awkward to specify the last column as you have to insert > the correct number of '-' to get the right column. > > To make that easier, it is now allowed to terminat

Re: [Shorewall-users] Shorewall 4.4.24 Beta 4

2011-10-01 Thread Tom Eastep
On Oct 1, 2011, at 9:18 AM, Ed W wrote: > On 01/10/2011 15:21, Tom Eastep wrote: >> 2) With the preceding change, the rules file now has 14 columns. That >>makes it awkward to specify the last column as you have to insert >>the correct number of '-' to get the right column. >> >>To

Re: [Shorewall-users] Shorewall 4.4.24 Beta 4

2011-10-01 Thread Mark van Dijk
Hi, On Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:18:56 +0100 Ed W wrote: > Note, based on my previous email I might come across as having a > particular preference towards json - it's not the case! This > suggestion is purely based on the similarity with what you are doing > and an existing config file format - reduc

Re: [Shorewall-users] Shorewall 4.4.24 Beta 4

2011-10-01 Thread Christ Schlacta
Why yes, Yes it is. But I am happy with the current Shorewall modifications. I would be willing to test it on one of my systems though :) On 10/1/2011 16:15, Mark van Dijk wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:18:56 +0100 > Ed W wrote: > >> Note, based on my previous email I might come across

Re: [Shorewall-users] Shorewall 4.4.24 Beta 4

2011-10-02 Thread Ed W
On 01/10/2011 18:20, Tom Eastep wrote: > On Oct 1, 2011, at 9:18 AM, Ed W wrote: > >> On 01/10/2011 15:21, Tom Eastep wrote: >>> 2) With the preceding change, the rules file now has 14 columns. That >>>makes it awkward to specify the last column as you have to insert >>>the correct number

Re: [Shorewall-users] Shorewall 4.4.24 Beta 4

2011-10-02 Thread Tom Eastep
On Sun, 2011-10-02 at 13:03 +0100, Ed W wrote: > > What I have done for RC 1 is eliminate the need for the columnar format. > > Here is an example of a blacklist file: > > > > ;proto=udp port=1024:1033,1434,5948,23773 > > ;networks=221.192.199.48 > > Sure - I'm just highlighting that the above i

Re: [Shorewall-users] Shorewall 4.4.24 Beta 4

2011-10-03 Thread Ed W
Hi >> Consider two other interesting alternatives (not claiming either is >> *better*, just alternatives) >> >> Perl style: >> proto=>udp, port=>1024:1033,1434,5948,23773 >> networks=>221.192.199.48 > It's trivial to support that notion in addition to what I have currently > implemented.

Re: [Shorewall-users] Shorewall 4.4.24 Beta 4

2011-10-03 Thread Tom Eastep
Ed, On Mon, 2011-10-03 at 14:04 +0100, Ed W wrote: > > Actually, can I suggest that you *don't* support too many formats > here? I only intended to show that there are various options, but I > really think after that you should limit shorewall to "fewer" formats? > (reduces scope for bugs and m