[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Enhancing lan:/ and rlan:/
From:       Thiago Macieira <thiagom () wanadoo ! fr>
Date:       2003-06-22 0:24:13
[Download RAW message or body]

[Attachment #2 (multipart/signed)]


Jens Benecke wrote:
>- Everytime you manually connect to a host via a 'file-like' protocol
>  that lisa knows*, _add_ this host to the list of hosts displayed in
>  the lan:/ protocol. This solves three problems:
[snip]
>  *this would exclude http, which doesn't really make sense. But FTP,
>  SMB, FISH, and the like would be included.

Hello,

I'd just like to add that I've implemented a file:// remote protocol for 
compatibility with non-local file:/ URLs (allowed by RFC 1738 and only used 
by IE). It's actually nothing more than a redirect done inside kio_file to 
another protocol specified in a configuration file. So, what it does is that 
it redirects you from file://hostname/whatever/whatever to 
smb://hostname/whatever/whatever (or fish or anything else; it's 
configurable).

The patches are available in answer to bug 44478 
(http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44478). The reporter has not answered 
yet and my idea was to prove the point -- the real solution needs probably 
some fine-tuning.

>- Sensible auto-configuration for lisa. Currently it doesn't scan any
>  hosts by default. Does it make sense to allow it to scan all hosts in
>  the 'local' zone (ie. reachable without a gateway) by default, without
>  user configuration, for (at least) FTP, HTTP, SMB, and FISH services?

No, I think not. LISA has to be configured because it's a port-scanner. 
Imagine people who are sitting in a /16 network -- granted, not many, but 
those exist. Scanning 65534 addresses takes time, network load and even 
generates a lot of warnings from the kernel about an overflooded ARP table. 
It's best the user knows what is going on.

In all I'm all for it. LISA and lan:/ is an awesome tool KDE has and I'm all 
for making it even better. You can count on me if  you need anything 
network-specific. One day I'm going to want to make LISA scan IPv6 as well...

-- 
  Thiago Macieira  -  Registered Linux user #65028
   thiagom@mail.com           
    ICQ UIN: 1967141   PGP/GPG: 0x6EF45358; fingerprint:
    E067 918B B660 DBD1 105C  966C 33F5 F005 6EF4 5358

[Attachment #5 (application/pgp-signature)]

>> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<


[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]