[isf-wifidog] Wifidog components naming + Redirection

[Gabe Sawhney]

Agreed -- I think it's only worth doing if the new naming system is
descriptive and intuitive; not arbitrary or metaphorical.

Gabe


On 7/6/06, François Proulx <fproulx at edito.qc.ca> wrote:
> I also think adding more precision in the name would be a good thing,
> but I tend to think like Mina. WifiGuardDog ... I don't know.
>
> It's not a top priority, but I'd like to hear opinions from the
> Wifidog community (NYC, Berlin, Paris etc....)
>
>
> On 6-Jul-06, at 16:18 , Mina Naguib wrote:
>
> >
> > I like the idea of separate component naming.
> >
> > I'm not sure I like the proposed names.  The central server has
> > "WiFi" in it and the client-side doesn't :)
> >
> > Methinks it should be the other way around somehow, since the
> > central server is more content-centric and the client is more
> > network+WiFi centered.
> >
> > Just my $0.02
> >
> > On 4-Jul-06, at 3:23 PM, <isf at plec.ca> <isf at plec.ca> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >>    After a short discussion with Philippe we think we should have
> >> better
> >> components naming. Many people misunderstood what which components do
> >> and their associated name.
> >>
> >> Whith imagination it can be :
> >>  -guarddog
> >>  -doggate
> >>  -barkingdog
> >>  -hotdog ;-)
> >>  -...
> >>
> >> The better name for the gateway is Guarddog ? But it's also the
> >> name of a
> >> Firewall GUI (no more info, website not working).
> >>
> >> So we will have :
> >>  -Wifidog : The portal (written in PHP), also commonly named auth-
> >> server
> >>  -Guarddog : The gateway (written in C)
> >>  -Wifidog Captive Portal Suite : Wifidog + Guarddog
> >>
> >> Comments and suggestions are welcome
> >>
> >> And by the way, the old wifidog page on Ile Sans Fil web site has
> >> been
> >> remove (http://www.ilesansfil.org/tiki-index.php?page=Wifidog)
> >> many web sites are still linking to this page. Who can add a
> >> redirection
> >> to www.wifidog.org ?
> >>
> >> Bye
> >>
> >>   Pascal
> >>
> >>
> >>
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