Request for advice: tools
Roeland Meyer
rmeyer at mhsc.com
Thu Sep 6 18:06:07 UTC 2001
|> From: Ben Browning [mailto:benb at theriver.com]
|> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 10:43 AM
|> I am looking to implement a few tools to make my life
|> easier. I can't seem
|> to find any good ones pre-written although I know they must
|> exist, so I am
|> toying with writing my own. I would love it if any of you
|> would have any
|> info or handy hyperlinks to help me find tools to perform
|> the following
|> functions.
http://www.webmin.com/webmin/
|> -A DNS zone file editor. It must be CGI, allow for forward
|> and reverse
|> entries, and able to handle odd mappings (IE IN MX 32
|> mail.foo.bar, etc).
It let's you edit the raw zone files.
|> -A Cisco config builder. Preferably in CGI, but command line
|> would be
|> acceptable as well. Basically something that allows me to
|> make changes in
|> routers and either mirror them on a lot of other routers, as well as
|> displaying stats and other things in a
|> pointy-haired-boss-friendly manner.
Much easier if you use Webmin as a platform and make a Webmin module for
this. There is a SDK for Webmin. This is an opportunity to give back to the
project.<g>
|> -Any kind of scripts designed with the abuse administrator
|> in mind- IE log
|> parsers, Code Red automailers/procmail scripts, etc etc.
Lots of pre-built options here, with sources that you can modify.
|> All of these tools would be preferred in a GNU or freeware
|> form, but I am
|> interested in all valid options.
It's now on SourceForge.
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