/etc/net - Linux on the network

/etc/net Linux network configuration system about /etc/net represents a new approach to Linux network configuration tasks. Inspired by the limitations of traditional configuration subsystems, /etc/net provides builtin support for: configuration profiles interface name management removable devices full iproute2 command set interface dependencies resolution QoS configuration framework firewall support /etc/net provides support for the following interface types: Ethernet WiFi (WEP/WPA) IPv4/IPv6 tunnels PSK IPSec tunnels VLAN PLIP Ethernet bonding and bridging traffic equalizer usbnet PPP (PPtP, PPPoE) DVB (SkyStar-2, Pent@NET, Pent@VALUE) Bluetooh (BNEP) Due to its modular design, support for new interface types can be added without overall design changes. /etc/net consists of core scripts [/scripts/] (stable) and GUI configurator (development). Both parts are licensed under GPL. More information is available via: scripts README scripts ChangeLog configurator ChangeLog Report for osdn.org.ua conference '2004 [ru] Report for osdn.org.ua conference '2005 [ru] Report for Free Software Conference '2005 [ru] Online configuration examples Freshmeat project page ALTLinux Sisyphus wiki, /etc/net page [ru] downloads /etc/net scripts, 0.9 (main) branch version 0.9.2, source /etc/net scripts, 0.8 (former main) branch version 0.8.5, source version 0.8.4, source version 0.8.4, ALTLinux SRPM version 0.8.4, Fedora 6 SRPM /etc/net scripts, 0.7 (maintenance) branch version 0.7.16, source /etc/net configurator version 0.0.7, source version 0.0.7, ALT SRPM version 0.0.7, ALT RPM old versions and other files news 2007-01-28: /etc/net scripts 0.8.5 released. This is mostly a bugfix release. 2006-09-16: /etc/net scripts 0.8.4 released. This release features bugfixes, new features and Fedora Core 6 compatibility. 2006-09-09: /etc/net SVN repository is available for read-only access at svn://svn.etcnet.org/ 2006-05-15: /etc/net scripts 0.8.3 fix several minor bugs. 2006-03-31: /etc/net scripts 0.8.2 fix several minor bugs. 2006-01-23: /etc/net scripts 0.8.1 fix a serious bug in 0.8.0 version. 2006-01-17: /etc/net configurator 0.0.7 released to match /etc/net scripts 0.8.0 option set. 2005-12-29: /etc/net scripts 0.8.0 released with lots of improvements over 0.7.x versions. 2005-10-23: This Page Is Valid HTML 4.0 Strict! 2005-11-02: /etc/net scripts and configurator have switched from CVS to SVN and 0.8.0 scripts version is now in development. The project has reached 3% popularity at Freshmeat with 80 subscribers. More subscribers are welcome! etcnet.org web-site gained Google Pagerank 5 recently. If you are interested in getting /etc/net in your Linux distribution (especially Fedora Core), let me know. 2005-10-27: /etc/net scripts 0.7.15 released (minor bugfixes). 2005-10-01: /etc/net was presented at annual Ukrainian OSDN conference in Kiev. 2005-09-29: /etc/net scripts 0.7.14 released (minor bugfixes). 2005-09-18: /etc/net scripts 0.7.13 released (minor feature enhancement release). 2005-08-22: /etc/net scripts 0.7.12 (docs update + minor bugfixes) and /etc/net configurator 0.0.6 (minor feature enhancement). 2005-08-10: /etc/net scripts 0.7.11 released (bugfix release). 2005-08-09: today is the first anniversary of /etc/net project. Exactly one year ago the first /etc/net files were created after a long period of design and discussions. Since now /etc/net web-site will reside on its own domain name etcnet.org. The site is hosted at one of Ukrainian OSDN servers. 2005-08-08: /etc/net scripts 0.7.10 released (bugfixes and code cleanup). 2005-08-05: /etc/net configurator 0.0.5 released (updated for /etc/net 0.7.10). 2005-07-27: /etc/net project was presented at Free Software Conference in Obninsk, Russia. 2005-07-20: /etc/net scripts 0.7.9 released (major feature enhancement release). 2005-07-15: /etc/net scripts 0.7.8 released (minor bugfix release). 2005-07-12: /etc/net scripts 0.7.7 released (feature enhancement release). news archive thanks Alexey Kuznetsov (iproute2) Alexey I. Froloff (patches) ALTLinux net-scripts and RedHat initscripts (ideas) Andrew Kornilov (patches) Anton Farygin (testing) Evgeny Prusakov (testing) Jean Tourrilhes (ifrename, cooperation) John P. Looney (hardware) Michael Shigorin (hardware, testing) Mitch DSouza (patches) Nigel Kukard (patches) Serge A. Volkov (testing) Sergey Bolshakov (patches) Sviatoslav Sviridov (testing) licensing Copyright © 2004-2007 Denis Ovsienko and contributors This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.