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On Fri, 2004-01-23 at 22:06, EXT dash Mike dot Bradshaw at nokia dot com wrote: > > There are a few things I'd like to see on m0n0wall - as Dick > > has already > > mentioned, a shutdown and reboot button would be nice. > > reboot is already there (diagnostics, Reboot system) > i agree shutdown would also be nice Sure would. > > As would the ability to log out of the console and have it wait for a > > login - it doesn't appear secure when it is constantly > > sitting there on a logged in account. > > > > if someone has physical access to your Firewall console you are pretty much screwed right there. > a simple console login is *SO* easy to defeat that it just not funny (if you have physical access) > Personally i think that the fact you ONLY have the m0n0 menu on the console, no tty, no shell etc makes it MORE secure I will never disagree that a malicious user who has physical access to your servers and other critical machinery/data has already done the damage. I do, still, maintain that a logged-in, non-password protected security device looks bad, and - in reality - is not as secure as it could otherwise be. > > Also, some way that the user could be notified of available updates > > would be nice. > > This way they would know if security or functionality > > updates are available as and when they are released. Currently, the > > users need to be subscribed to the Accounce mailing list, or happen > > across an update on their occasional visit to the website. > > and the problem with the Announce mailing list is? Damned obvious for those who don't play with just a single firewall, and don't receive anywhere near the email quantity that a lot of people do. > <RANT> <snip> > </RANT> > > I guess if you give Manuel enough money, he will email/phone you individually whenever a patch/upgrade comes out :) This irrelevant and out of thin air diatribe is addressed elsewhere. -- Regards, Hilton Travis Email: Hilton at QuarkAV dot com Manager, Quark AudioVisual Phone: +61-(0)7-3343-3889 Quark Computers Phone: +61-(0)419-792-394 (Brisbane, Australia) http://www.QuarkAV.com/ Open Source Projects: http://www.ares-desktop.org/ http://www.mamboband.org/ Non Linear Video Editing Solutions & Digital Audio Workstations Network Administration, SmoothWall Firewalls, NOD32 AntiVirus Conference and Seminar AudioVisual Production and Recording War doesn't determine who is right. War determines who is left. |