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Archive => 21.7 Legacy Series => Topic started by: binaryanomaly on July 13, 2021, 06:28:49 PM

Title: Bug / feature request: Change of alias in use should trigger fw rule reload
Post by: binaryanomaly on July 13, 2021, 06:28:49 PM
A minor thing I observed and thought I'd report:

Current behavior
If you change an alias that is in use with a firewall rule, nothing happens and the change is not applied to the fw rule set.

Desired behavior
A change of an alias that is in use by a fw rule should trigger the fw rule reload notification so the users are aware that the change is not applied immediately and requires a reload of the ruleset.

Title: Re: Bug / feature request: Change of alias in use should trigger fw rule reload
Post by: franco on July 13, 2021, 08:10:33 PM
Actually aliases can be reloaded out of band which makes them very flexible. Did you hit apply on the main alias configuration page after editing the alias?


Cheers,
Franco
Title: Re: Bug / feature request: Change of alias in use should trigger fw rule reload
Post by: binaryanomaly on July 14, 2021, 09:57:55 AM
QuoteDid you hit apply on the main alias configuration page after editing the alias?

Obviously not. I did not see the apply button and the notification at all as it was outside visible screen area.

So there's nothing lacking from a functional perspective it's more a usability / UI thing.
Title: Re: Bug / feature request: Change of alias in use should trigger fw rule reload
Post by: franco on July 14, 2021, 01:23:13 PM
And/or documentation.


Cheers,
Franco
Title: Re: Bug / feature request: Change of alias in use should trigger fw rule reload
Post by: binaryanomaly on July 14, 2021, 01:34:01 PM
Documentation never hurts. An intuitive, fail-safe UI is king though ;-)