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UOS-RZ / deterrers

The automateD nETwork pERimeter thREat pRevention System (DETERRERS) is a tool for decentral network administration. It automates workflows at the network perimeter, e.g., automatic scanning for vulnerabilities and automatic configuration of perimter firewall policies.

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Actually useful naming #15

Closed lkiesow closed 1 year ago

lkiesow commented 1 year ago

Using the primary DNS entry for a name which (for UOS at least) usually contains a VM number is not helpful for identifying the host. We should use the comment field from Proteus instead. It should contain the name machines were originally registered with and can be updated by admins if necessary.

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dennis531 commented 1 year ago

I suggest the following solutions:

Show the comment (if present) in parentheses after all DNS names: e.g. vm045.rz.uos.de (studip-test)
or add a new column for the comments (e.g. "comment")

@nwintering Do you have any preference?

nwintering commented 1 year ago

I think a new column would be more intuitive because sometimes the comment-field might not contain a short name but rather a description or nothing at all. Moreover, it becomes clearer that a comment-column corresponds to the comment-field in Proteus.