- Firewall - Firewall - Kernel revision level bugs. Not iptables per say but rather the fact that things from one version doesn't work with the next (2.6.9 kernel to 2.6.11 breaks things, etc) > -----Original Message----- > From: netfilter-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:netfilter- > bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Travis Alexander Snoozy > Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 7:07 PM > To: netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Request for Feedback: iptables Usability > > Hi all, > > I'm currently looking at iptables from a usability perspective, as part > of a usability engineering class. If anyone would like to share any of the > following, it would be most helpful: > > - What you use iptables for > - The most common tasks you do with iptables, and how you do them > - Comments about what you find irritating/inefficient about iptables > > Part of my project requires that I actually do make improvements to the > system, so hopefully I'll be able to generate a patch that resolves some > of the most common complaints/requests, or helps to accelerate some of the > most common tasks. Note that I'm NOT doing a re-write, or generating an > entirely new front end -- simply adding or tweaking the functionality of > the existing iptables application. > > Please address any replies to this E-mail specifically to me -- I (and I'm > sure many others) don't want to start a huge gripe-fest thread on the list > :). Also, I'll be hanging around #iptables on freenode (nick "ai2097"), if > folks would prefer to get a hold of me that way. > > > Thanks, > > -- Travis > > > >
