Re: OpenVPN support

[David Zeuthen <davidz redhat com>]

On Sat, 2005-07-30 at 19:29 +0200, Pierre Ossman wrote:
> Pierre Ossman wrote:
> > 
> > Come to think of it, I actually have a couple right now: :)

Ah, sorry, I saw this when I got to OLS last week but I forgot to reply.

> > 
> > * Wouldn't it be better to move routing settings out from the plugins.
> > This is a common setting for most VPN usage so it seems like a lot of
> > code duplication for each plugin. Not only will it increase the risk of
> > bugs but also an inconsistent user interface.

I think the problem is that how you want to do routing differs a lot
from backend to backend (think openswan vs. vpnc). Dan would know more I
guess.

> > * Is the plugin informed of the removal of a profile? It might need to
> > clean up stuff in e.g. the keyring manager.

With "profile" I assume you mean "one vpn connection". No, this is not
done yet - there's a number of ways to do it. I suppose it could be a
commandline option to the auth-dialog?

Cheers,
David