[Devil-linux-develop] l7-protocols (was: Re: Dansguardian)

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

Bruce Smith wrote on 08.06.2006 22:56 MET:
>>>I also like your idea of moving the l7 stuff to the CD and sym-linking
>>>it from /etc.  I don't think they need to be modified by the user... ?
>>
>>The user can even set the location to something different from /etc/l7-protocols:
>>   <http://l7-filter.sourceforge.net/L7-HOWTO-Netfilter#conform>
> 
> 
> Doesn't that say you have to specify the directory on every 'iptables'
> command if you use a different directory?  That sounds like a pain.  

L7="-m layer7 --l7dir /usr/lib/l7-protocols"
But I won't argue over it ;-)

> I'd put a symlink in /etc for people who use the standard patterns,
> unless the default location can be specified during the compile.

Probably right.

>>If possible I'd suggest configuring the default protocols dir to be something 
>>like /usr/lib/l7-protocols. Anyway if a user wants to use his own protocol files 
>>he can specify the new directory as show on the page referenced above,

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MfG / Regards
Friedrich Lobenstock
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Friedrich Lobenstock                       Linux Services Lobenstock
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