Feature request: web gui console
hi all,
I've been using firewalld for a while. firewall-config (GTK) and
firewall-cmd are cool clients to configure firewalld.
However, can an additional web based interface be provided for it?
The reason for this request is that :
1 partly I run it in a gateway box, it may not literally have a display
attached. Much like a plastic router box if you'd like.
2 (Many?) distributions are 'migrating' to wayland
https://wayland.freedesktop.org/ <https://wayland.freedesktop.org/>;.
This is a big bummer as setting -display in the old X11 may way no
longer works and it requires RDP (remote desktop), just to get onto the
graphical screen.
For (2) I may be 'confused', unsure. The thing is if the distribution
runs on a Wayland server rather than a conventional X Org / X11 based
server.
firewall-config (GTK) would still remain as a X11 app and -display would
still work normally?
Either way, I'd think providing a web based interface / console for the
configs is a good thing. And it'd seem the effort is modest?
This would also cater to the 'headless' boxes that use firewalld.
I'd think HTTP digest (preferably not basic - this requires https to be
safe) authentication, https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7616
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7616>
https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2617
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2617> ,would likely be adequate for it.
Note that in addition, the web interface will need to have configs to
run on IP address and accessible on the 'internal' side of the firewall
only. Probably that it is deactivated by default in configs as well.
Thanks,
Andrew