[Pkg-silc-devel] Review of the upcoming silc-server package

[Jérémy Bobbio]

On Tue, Sep 04, 2007 at 10:10:02AM -0400, The Anarcat wrote:
> I'm not sure I like this description very much. If I would rewrite it,
> it would look like:
> 
>  SILC (Secure Internet Live Conferencing) is a network protocol designed
>  to provide end-to-end security for conferencing services. SILC has a
>  command set and a user interface similar to IRC, but the network
>  protocol is completely different as it supports public key strong
>  cryptography and a different network model.
>  .
>  This package provides a system daemon that can act as a SILC router or
>  server.

It is a lot better, indeed! :)

> As for the templates, they seem fine, although I still have a few
> comments:
> 
>  1. How about putting in some default values instead of 'e.g.'? In
>  particular, the silcd hostname can be deduced from hostname -f...

Already done (see debian/config, line 52).

>  2. Would it be better to set a low priority on fields than can be left
>  empty?

Done: high vs. medium.

>  3. It would be nice to tell the user how the password will be stored,
>  if it will be encrypted, if he has to remember it, etc...

I have added the following note in silcd/admin-passphrase:
 Please note that it will be stored in an unencrypted form in a
 configuration file.

>  4. Maybe the administrator can be compared to the IRC operator in the
>  templates so some users can understand better what it is (if it's
>  appropriate, i don't actually know what a SILC administrator does)

If you can think of a proper wording for it, as I am not really
inspired this morning.

Thanks for the comments!

Cheers,
-- 
Jérémy Bobbio                        .''`. 
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