Re: linux-ipsec: consistent command syntax

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- To: "William Allen Simpson" <wsimpson@greendragon.com> Subject: Re: linux-ipsec: consistent command syntax Cc: linux-ipsec@clinet.fi
Date: 07/10/98, 19:40:15

In message <7375.wsimpson@greendragon.com>, "William Allen Simpson" writes:
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>Not really. It's an attempt at "consistent command syntax".

Consistent with what ? ipsecadm is certainly consistent with "unix tradition".

>Well, some folks on this list, and at Usenix, and elsewhere, noted that

The command on NRL, as far as I remember them, is very similar to the OpenBSD one. Slightly different flags, and different name (setkey, which is not completely accurate), but very similar. Linux still has the old JI-command style, which is suboptimal.

That's not to say there aren't improvements to be made, but the specific renaming you mentioned (and the 3 positional arguments) find me in disagreement.

>Sorry, but I really hate the current usability. I don't believe that

You're the first to complain about ipsecadm. - -Angelos

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