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>From: Uli Wachowitz [mailto:uli at wach dash o dash witz dot de] Sent: Wednesday, 2 June >2004 19:13 >To: m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >Subject: Re: [m0n0wall] suggestion > >2004-06-02 18:45, Andrew Eglington wrote: > > > Network traffic logger that: > > - given a start and end date will show the *total* amount of data > >in/out. > >Please don't even think about adding such (doubtless nice) function. If you >need something like that, use external tools. Same goes for the traffic >graph (IMHO). You can do countless things with mrtg/mrtgfe and similar >tools. > >My mantra was, is and will always be: "A firewall is a firewall is a >firewall!" > >Nothing more, nothing less. > >And yes, I know, things like that have been discussed countless times >before. Oh I agree, and yes I know Hilton, so I know how strongly he feels the same. To me a firewall is (as well as all previously stated mantras) a gateway that is a) paranoid b) *incapable of self-harm*. c) minimalist. Perhaps i should clarify what I meant: Open up your m0n0wall web gui and point it at /status_interfaces.php What I was suggesting was simply that the existing info: In/out packets 99458/129161 (28.21 MB/10.22 MB) ...Be amended to show a cumulative total also, not just a total since the last reboot. eg: In/out packets 99458/129161 (28.21 MB/10.22 MB) In/out since 2004.06.01 00:01hrs xxx MB/ xxx MB Preferably with a simple 'reset' button to reset the running total. Maybe even a couple of colums showing in/out data totals for each day/week/month based on a single configurable (or not) start date/time. No logs, just a couple of numbers to update, and write to config.xml I agree that a traffic graph imagemap would be excessive... though often handy... but similarly: going to the trouble of finding suitable apps, groking the mans, compiling, inserting... and then realising the logs have to go *somehwere*, and that the program does heaps more than just produce a couple of numeric totals... similarly all seeems a little excessive. Considering the elegant simplicity of m0n0, crowbaring functionality like this in seems a bit inappropriate. Never mind annoying for the average set and forget user. Actually, the more I consider m0n0's simple elegance the more I feel I'm guilty of skirting the thin line of suggesting bloat features.... but I cant help but feel it would be useful, and not detract from the design. _________________________________________________________________ Find love today with ninemsn personals. Click here: http://ninemsn.match.com?referrer=hotmailtagline |