[PATCH] host-up and host-down hooks

[Guus Sliepen]

On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 04:15:29PM +0100, Menno Smits wrote:

> >Thanks! But, there are already subnet-up and subnet-down hooks, which
> >allow you to do the same (and more) than with host-up and host-down
> >hooks. Is there a situation where host-up/down is better than
> >subnet-up/down?
> 
> We have been using the subnet-up and subnet-down hooks to run scripts 
> which update a stored representation of the current VPN state. This 
> stored representation is used to drive a real-time web display of the 
> VPN showing which sites are up and what subnets are attached to each.
> 
> This approach has one problem because we also want to show the hosts on 
> the VPN display even if they have no subnets configured. If we rely on 
> just the subnet-up script then the stored representation will see the 
> host even though it is actually connected to the VPN. By using both 
> subnet-up/down and host-up/down we get the desired information.

True enough, patch is added to Subversion! Thanks again,

-- 
Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards,
     Guus Sliepen <guus at tinc-vpn.org>
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