Bug / feature request: Change of alias in use should trigger fw rule reload

[binaryanomaly]

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.

[franco]

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

[binaryanomaly]

Did 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.

[franco]

And/or documentation.


Cheers,
Franco

[binaryanomaly]

Documentation never hurts. An intuitive, fail-safe UI is king though ;-)