Re: [patch] nm_system_vpn_device_unset_from_ip4_config - for ipsec vpn

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 11:58 -0700, T Sureshkumar wrote:
> hey,
> 
>   The attached patch is to support ipsec based vpn daemons. The patch
> removes the assert to check for iface != NULL, in the ipsec case we
> don't have interface to route.  This one fires up when we disconnect the
> ipsec based vpn service (novellvpn). is it time to think of a flag to
> differentiate VPNs by category :-) ?

Ideally we'd GObject the VPNs and subclass them so they could do
whatever they want, but that's a bit more work.  I think we're good
enough working around issues for the moment, but going forward
subclassing different VPN types (and possibly making them
runtime-loadable) might be a good idea.

Dan