RE: import-filter for iptables ?

[Hunter Peress <hperes po-box mcgill ca>]

Im pretty new to dia, but I'll give u my comments.

I dont think there is any type of data import feature now. Will there be any??
(dia people).

Marc: what I did to import data is:

   1. created a simple text box and rectangle; grouped them, and saved to a
file. Then i gunzip'ed the dia save file, and u can see the XML format this
way.
   2. after a few minutes of studying, it will be pretty simple to see where
the text goes. You can write a simple script to replicate as many of these
box-text grouped objects as you want. Then u write to file, and use some good
ol manual labor to organize.
   3. I think your needs are too specific to dia, so its best u just put your
work on some website and let google make the information public.


So here's some extra tips:

  I had some data for each year 1975-2000. So on avg, i made needed 15
text/rectangle groups for each year. To make things easier, I then grouped (
just by adding <dia:group> ... </dia:group> (iirc) around each year). When i
opened the file in dia, I then did a manual (by hand, for loop):

    for each year:
      Select a year
      ungroup it
      align it vertically-adjecent (this really makes the data easy to use).
      did whatever other organizing needed to be done.

So with those simple steps, u can get very efficient. I'm actually going to
work on a more automated way, more from me on that later.  Don't bother
changing the size of rectangles in the custom text import feature i described
above, its far too complex.


Thats that -Hunter.

LARS: did u die or something??
>===== Original Message From Marc Schöchlin <marc.schoechlin@t-online.de>
=====
>Hi !
>
>I'm often writing or modifying iptables-firewallscripts, but I miss a
>good possibility
>to make a graphical-documentation of these firewalls.
>
>There is a command which allows me to dump the actual firewall-configuration
>to a file. (iptables-save)
>
>I thought about writing a small piece of code to create a first simple
>.dia-file.
>
>I'm used to program in perl, but I have also some little experience in
>writing c-code.
>
>Does it make sense to include such a filter to dia - or is it more easy to
>write this in my used language ?
>
>The diagrams should look like this:
>
>There are rules which are grouped in chains. The rules should
>represented as
>text-boxes. These textboxes should be includes in a "named" chain.
>
>Iptables supports to jump to other chains - so I have to be able to make
>a magnetic
>line from one of the rule-textboxes to an certain chain. (the magnetic
>line should be
>able to be placed on the left or on the right side of the text)
>
>Are there some functonalities for automatic creation of such kind of
>charts ?
>
>Regards
>
>Marc Schöchlin
>
>
>
>
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