Re: [Devil-linux-develop] Dansguardian

[Friedrich L. <fl...@fl...>]

Bruce Smith wrote on 08.06.2006 21:37 MET:
> 
> Looking at the disk usage on /etc now, I see two other large directories
> that have potential for moving their /etc files to /config/*.tar.gz.
> One is snort.  The other is 'l7-protocols' ... no idea what it is ...

(OSI model) Layer 7 (=application layer) protocol descriptions

Layer 2 = data link layer = Ethernet
Layer 3 = network layer   = IP
Layer 4 = transport layer = TCP and UDP
Layer 5 (Internet model) = Layer 7 (OSI Model) = application layer = http, smtp, ...

> I see l7-protocols is created in patch-o-matic, but I'm not sure what
> package(s) use it.  Is it something that can be moved too?  It's
> currently the largest subdirectory under /etc (about 1MB).

I guess it's used by iptables or some other support tool. I have to admit I did 
never use it before. I usually delete those subdirectories which I don't need.

I personally would like to see the following subdirectories of /etc/ moved to 
/config/etc-PACKAGE.tar.bz2 or so:
  * apache2
  * curl
  * apcupsd
  * awstats
  * eagle-usb
  * ha.d
  * joe/{syntax,doc} (317k)
  * l7-protocols (993k)
  * lpd
  * mgetty+sendfax
  * openldap (224k)
  * pcmcia (225k)
  * postfix (241k)
  * ppp
  * raddb (305k)
  * sarg (101k)
  * shorewall (197k)
  * snort (689k)
  * socks
  * ups
  * wlan
  * zebra

Total of the above is 4.3 MB of 7.0 MB for the whole etc.tar.bz2. So on a very 
basic system my config would shrink by more than 50% compared to now.

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MfG / Regards
Friedrich Lobenstock
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Friedrich Lobenstock                       Linux Services Lobenstock
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