Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 11:52:19 -0500 (EST) From: Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca> To: Devin Teske <devin.teske@fisglobal.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Dave Robison <daver@vicor.com>, Devin Teske <dteske@vicor.com>, Mohacsi Janos <mohacsi@niif.hu> Subject: Re: [ANN] host-setup 4.0 released Message-ID: <2092634439.782373.1325609539518.JavaMail.root@erie.cs.uoguelph.ca> In-Reply-To: <04a201ccca33$fe6115a0$fb2340e0$@fisglobal.com>
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David Teske wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mohacsi Janos [mailto:mohacsi@niif.hu] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 3:59 AM > > To: Devin Teske > > Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Dave Robison; Devin Teske > > Subject: Re: [ANN] host-setup 4.0 released > > > > Hi Devin, > > I had a look at the code. It is very nice, > > Thank you. > > > > however there are same missing > > elements: > > - IPv6 support > > Open to suggestions. > > Maybe adding a "ipaddr6" below "ipaddr" in the interface configuration > menu. > > Also, do you happen to know what the RFC number is for IPv6 address > format? I > need to know all the special "features" (for example, I know you can > specify > "::1" for localhost, but can you simply omit octets at-will? e.g., > ::ff:12:00::: > ?) > The basics are in RFC4291, but I think that inet_pton(3) knows how to deal with it. (I think "::" can be used once to specify the longest # of 16bit fields that are all zeros.) After inet_pton() has translated it to a binary address, then the macros in sys/netinet6/in6.h can be used to determine if the address is a loopback, etc. I'm no ip6 guy by any means, so others, please correct/improve on this, as required. rick > > > - VLAN tagging support - creation/deleting > > How is that done these days? and how might we present it in the user > interface? > -- > Devin > > > > > > Best Regards, > > > > Janos Mohacsi > > Head of HBONE+ project > > Network Engineer, Deputy Director of Network Planning and Projects > > NIIF/HUNGARNET, HUNGARY Key 70EF9882: DEC2 C685 1ED4 C95A 145F 4300 > > 6F64 7B00 70EF 9882 > > > > On Mon, 2 Jan 2012, Devin Teske wrote: > > > > > Hi fellow -hackers, > > > > > > I'd like to announce the release of a major new revision (4.0) of > > > my > > > FreeBSD setup utility "host-setup". > > > > > > http://druidbsd.sourceforge.net/ > > > > > > Direct Link: > > > http://druidbsd.sourceforge.net/download/host-setup.txt > > > > > > NOTE: Make sure to hit "refresh" to "defeat the cache" > > > > > > Major highlights of this version are listed on the druidbsd > > > homepage. > > > > > > For those unfamiliar with my "host-setup", it's a manly shell > > > script > > > designed to make it super-easy to configure the following: > > > 1. Timezone > > > 2. Hostname/Domain > > > 3. Network Interface Settings > > > 4. Default Router/Gateway > > > 5. DNS nameservers > > > > > > All from an easy-to-use dialog(1) or Xdialog(1)* interface > > > > > > * Fully compatible and tested -- simply pass `-X' while in a > > > usable X > > > environment > > > -- > > > Devin > > > > > > P.S. Feedback most certainly is welcomed! > > > > > > _____________ > > > The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or > confidential. If > > you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message > > and all > copies; > > (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any manner; > > and (iii) > notify > > the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware that any > > message > > addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and review by > > persons other > than > > the intended recipient. Thank you. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > > "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > _____________ > The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or > confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) > delete the message and all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or > use the message in any manner; and (iii) notify the sender > immediately. In addition, please be aware that any message addressed > to our domain is subject to archiving and review by persons other than > the intended recipient. Thank you. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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