|
||||||||||
IPv6 is already in v1.3 > -----Original Message----- > From: sai [mailto:sonicsai at gmail dot com] > Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 7:13 AM > To: valnar at yahoo dot com > Cc: m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > Subject: Re: [m0n0wall] Future plans after 1.3? > > I would vote for IPV6 > I would vote against uPNP > > sai > > 2009/12/4 Robert <valnar at yahoo dot com>: > > Now that m0n0wall is at version 1.3, I looked back at what where it > started > > and when it came out. A lot has changed in six years. Embedded > processors > > are more powerful now and 16Mb CF cards are practically non-existent. > We > > all throw away the 32Mb cards that come with our cameras. The original > WRAP > > and net4801 boards are discontinued, the ALIX boards are now the > platform of > > choice, and earlier this year AMD announced that it stopped development > of > > the Geode processor. > > > > I think the original goals of m0n0wall were to make it as small as > possible, > > run from RAM and work on embedded platforms. But the definition of > "small" > > has changed. Upgrading the scope of m0n0wall to platforms with 128MB > RAM > > and 32MB Flash would be a better target. I still think it should focus > as a > > firewall which can be run entirely from RAM, as to not cross paths with > > pfSense, Untangle or other firewalls which need more muscle and read- > write > > access to hard drives for caching, like squid. But that being said, > there > > are a couple features which could be added without breaking that rule. > > > > For an entirely selfish reason, I'd like to see UPnP supported added. I > > don't use m0n0wall today for this very reason. I'm forced to use > pfSense > > with all its bugs and inability to upgrade easily over the network. > Adding > > UPnP as a feature would allow me to return. OpenVPN and load-balancing > > might also be possibilities. > > > > What other features would people like to see? > > > > -Robert > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch | ||||||||||