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@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ probably escalate privileges one way or another (install arbitrary packages,
reconfigure networks, enable callback scripts, edit system configuration
files).
+The server and client processes should be one-to-one: only one client should
+ever connect to the server. The init_test.sh script shows how this could be
+achieved in a SysV-style /etc/init.d script.
+
The intended use case is writing a user-friendly web control panel for a Debian
server or router: the web designer creating the user interface should not be
overly concerned with writing secure code, and the web application itself
@@ -72,6 +76,10 @@ Features:
* call augeas API: match, set, setm, get, save, move, insert, remove
* call init.d service scripts: status, start, stop, restart
+In late 2012 Nick Daly (of the FreedomBox project) wrote up a brief audit of
+this code and concept on his blog (https://www.betweennowhere.net/). Link is
+frequantly broken.
+
### Dependencies (server)
* augeas configuration editing library