Re: [Patch 3/7] tabled: add the status display

On 01/20/2010 03:19 PM, Pete Zaitcev wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:51:59 -0500
> Jeff Garzik<[email protected]>  wrote:
>
>> On 01/14/2010 11:12 PM, Pete Zaitcev wrote:
>>> I find it too tiresome to monitor the status with kill -USR1.
>>> This is more fun. The patch seems not too ugly regarding the factoring
>>> of the cli_xxx methods.
>>>
>>> Signed-Off-By: Pete Zaitcev<[email protected]>
>>>
>>> ---
>>>    doc/etc.tabled.conf |    3
>>>    server/Makefile.am  |    4
>>>    server/config.c     |   19 +++
>>>    server/replica.c    |   64 +++++++++++-
>>>    server/server.c     |  104 +++++++++++++-------
>>>    server/status.c     |  218 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>    server/tabled.h     |   12 +-
>>>    7 files changed, 379 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)
>>
>> applied...  but we need some way to either turn this off, or limit to a
>> list of incoming IP addresses.  This is an admin interface, which should
>> not be automatically available to all end-user applications.
>
> I thought it was obvious that StatusPort defaults to off (zero).
>
> 	if (tabled_srv.status_port)
> 		net_open_known(tabled_srv.status_port, true);

I missed that detail.  That works.

Though eventually I hope someone will create a patch for filtering 
incoming connections via IP address.  Not an issue that needs attention 
pre-1.0 unless a volunteer appears, though.

	Jeff