Y, the best way is to rewrite that part of the cgi from scratch, right, migrating sed and sort to perl map/sort statements (where memory and performace could be an issue on small appliances then), but the question is would it worth the energy when ipfire 3 is ahead. Tell me and i do that job for ipf2 with pure perl.

In case someone is working with my patch at the moment, it would be a pleasure to receive any feedback.


2013/3/25 Michael Tremer <michael.tremer@ipfire.org>
Hey,

a shell script is not the best way how to sort things, but I think we
can accept this because before the current version of the CGI file,
there was a lot of sorting done with shell commands as well.

I did not try to run your code, because I am waiting for the other "two
more sorting options".

Michael

On Sat, 2013-03-23 at 09:38 +0100, Kay-Michael Köhler wrote:
> I did some progress on sorting with connections.cgi and i want to
> share with you guys.
>
>
> To keep the sorting less time consuming and with a minimum memory
> footprint, i added a bash script what is doing all the sorting and
> removed the sort command from the piped command line.
>
>
> Eight green arrows for sorting on source ip, source port, destination
> ip and destination port will now appear on iptables connections
> tracking WUI.
>
>
> I will add two more sorting option later after finished some other
> work for ipfire.
>
>
> The bash script "consort.sh" goes to /usr/local/bin.
>
>
> Ok, now the two diffs to the actual git
>
>
> diff --git a/src/scripts/consort.sh b/src/scripts/consort.sh
> new file mode 100755
> index 0000000..1633beb
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/src/scripts/consort.sh
> @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
> +#/bin/bash
> +###############################################################################
> +#
> #
> +# IPFire.org - A linux based firewall
> #
> +# Copyright (C) 2007-2013  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>
> #
> +#
> #
> +# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
> modify        #
> +# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
> by        #
> +# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
> #
> +# (at your option) any later version.
> #
> +#
> #
> +# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> #
> +# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
>          #
> +# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
> #
> +# GNU General Public License for more details.
>          #
> +#
> #
> +# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> #
> +# along with this program.  If not, see
> <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.       #
> +#
> #
> +###############################################################################
> +
> +# sort conntrack table entries based on ip addresses
> +# @parm sort field
> +do_ip_sort() {
> + sed \
> + -r \
> + 's/.*src=([0-9\.]+).*dst=([0-9\.]+).*src=.*/\'$1'#\0/' $FILE_NAME \
> + | sort \
> + -t. \
> + -k 1,1n$SORT_ORDER -k 2,2n$SORT_ORDER -k 3,3n$SORT_ORDER -k 4,4n
> $SORT_ORDER \
> + | sed \
> + -r \
> + 's/.*#(.*)/\1/'
> +}
> +
> +# sort conntrack table entries based on port addresses
> +# @parm sort field
> +do_port_sort() {
> + sed \
> + -r \
> + 's/.*sport=([0-9]+).*dport=([0-9]+).*src=.*/\'$1'#\0/' $FILE_NAME \
> + | sort \
> + -t# \
> + -k 1,1n$SORT_ORDER \
> + | sed \
> + -r \
> + 's/.*#(.*)/\1/'
> +}
> +
> +SORT_ORDER=
> +FILE_NAME=
> +
> +if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
> + echo "Usage: consort <sort criteria
> 1=srcIp,2=dstIp,3=srcPort,4=dstPort> <a=ascending,d=descending> [input
> file]"
> + echo " consort.sh 1 a.txt"
> + echo " cat a.txt | consort 1"
> + exit;
> +fi
> +
> +if [[ 'a d A D' =~ $2 ]]; then
> + if [[ 'd D' =~ $2 ]]; then
> + SORT_ORDER=r
> + fi
> +else
> + echo "Unknown sort order \"$2\""
> + exit;
> +fi
> +
> +if [ $# == 3 ]; then
> + if [ ! -f $3 ]; then
> + echo "File not found."
> + exit;
> + fi
> + FILE_NAME=$3
> +fi
> +
> +if [[ '1 2' =~ $1 ]]; then
> + do_ip_sort $1
> +elif [[ '3 4' =~ $1 ]]; then
> + do_port_sort $(($1-2))
> +else
> + echo "Unknown sort criteria \"$1\""
> +fi
>
>
>
>
> diff --git a/html/cgi-bin/connections.cgi
> b/html/cgi-bin/connections.cgi
> index 1edf3e5..0c20957 100644
> --- a/html/cgi-bin/connections.cgi
> +++ b/html/cgi-bin/connections.cgi
> @@ -34,6 +34,31 @@
>
>  my $colour_multicast = "#A0A0A0";
>
> +# sort arguments for connection tracking table
> +# the sort field. eg. 1=src IP, 2=dst IP, 3=src port, 4=dst port
> +my $SORT_FIELD = 0;
> +# the sort order. (a)scending orr (d)escending
> +my $SORT_ORDER = 0;
> +# cgi query arguments
> +my %cgiin;
> +# debug mode
> +my $debug = 0;
> +
> +# retrieve query arguments
> +# note: let a-z A-Z and 0-9 pass as value only
> +if (length ($ENV{'QUERY_STRING'}) > 0){
> + my $name;
> + my $value;
> + my $buffer = $ENV{'QUERY_STRING'};
> + my @pairs = split(/&/, $buffer);
> + foreach my $pair (@pairs){
> + ($name, $value) = split(/=/, $pair);
> + $value =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9])/pack("C", hex($1))/eg; # e.g.
> "%20" => " "
> + $value =~ s/[^a-zA-Z0-9]*//g; # a-Z 0-9 will pass
> + $cgiin{$name} = $value;
> + }
> +}
> +
>  &Header::showhttpheaders();
>
>  my @network=();
> @@ -43,12 +68,43 @@
>  my %netsettings=();
>  &General::readhash("${General::swroot}/ethernet/settings", \%
> netsettings);
>
> +# output cgi query arrguments to browser on debug
> +if ( $debug ){
> + &Header::openbox('100%', 'center', 'DEBUG');
> + my $debugCount = 0;
> + foreach my $line (sort keys %cgiin) {
> + print "$line = '$cgiin{$line}'<br />\n";
> + $debugCount++;
> + }
> + print "&nbsp;Count: $debugCount\n";
> + &Header::closebox();
> +}
> +
>  #workaround to suppress a warning when a variable is used only once
>  my @dummy = ( ${Header::table1colour} );
>  undef (@dummy);
>
> -# Read the connection tracking table.
> -open(CONNTRACK, "/usr/local/bin/getconntracktable | sort -k 5,5
> --numeric-sort --reverse |") or die "Unable to read conntrack table";
> +
> +
> +# check sorting arguments
> +if ( $cgiin{'sort_field'} ~~ [ '1','2','3','4' ] ) {
> + $SORT_FIELD = $cgiin{'sort_field'};
> +
> + if ( $cgiin{'sort_order'} ~~ [ 'a','d','A','D' ] ) {
> + $SORT_ORDER = lc($cgiin{'sort_order'});
> + }
> +}
> +
> +# Read and sort the connection tracking table
> +# do sorting
> +if ($SORT_FIELD and $SORT_ORDER) {
> + # field sorting when sorting arguments are sane
> + open(CONNTRACK, "/usr/local/bin/getconntracktable
> | /usr/local/bin/consort.sh $SORT_FIELD $SORT_ORDER |") or die "Unable
> to read conntrack table";
> +} else {
> + # default sorting with no query arguments
> + open(CONNTRACK, "/usr/local/bin/getconntracktable | sort -k 5,5
> --numeric-sort --reverse |") or die "Unable to read conntrack table";
> +}
> +
>  my @conntrack = <CONNTRACK>;
>  close(CONNTRACK);
>
> @@ -263,21 +319,49 @@
>   <br>
>  END
>
> +if ($SORT_FIELD and $SORT_ORDER) {
> + my @sort_field_name = (
> + $Lang::tr{'source ip'},
> + $Lang::tr{'destination ip'},
> + $Lang::tr{'source port'},
> + $Lang::tr{'destination port'}
> + );
> + my $sort_order_name;
> + if (lc($SORT_ORDER) eq "a") {
> + $sort_order_name = $Lang::tr{'sort ascending'};
> + } else {
> + $sort_order_name = $Lang::tr{'sort descending'};
> + }
> +
> +print <<END
> + <div style="font-weight:bold;margin:10px;font-size: 80%">
> + $sort_order_name: $sort_field_name[$SORT_FIELD-1]
> + </div>
> +END
> +;
> +}
> +
>  # Print table header.
>  print <<END;
>   <table width='100%'>
> - <tr>
> + <tr valign="top"">
>   <th align='center'>
>   $Lang::tr{'protocol'}
>   </th>
> - <th align='center'>
> + <th align='center' colspan="2">
> + <a href="?sort_field=1&sort_order=d"><img style="width:10px"
> src="/images/up.gif"></a>
> + <a href="?sort_field=1&sort_order=a"><img style="width:10px"
> src="/images/down.gif"></a>
>   $Lang::tr{'source ip and port'}
> + <a href="?sort_field=3&sort_order=d"><img style="width:10px"
> src="/images/up.gif"></a>
> + <a href="?sort_field=3&sort_order=a"><img style="width:10px"
> src="/images/down.gif"></a>
>   </th>
> - <th>&nbsp;</th>
> - <th align='center'>
> + <th align='center' colspan="2">
> + <a href="?sort_field=2&sort_order=d"><img style="width:10px"
> src="/images/up.gif"></a>
> + <a href="?sort_field=2&sort_order=a"><img style="width:10px"
> src="/images/down.gif"></a>
>   $Lang::tr{'dest ip and port'}
> + <a href="?sort_field=4&sort_order=d"><img style="width:10px"
> src="/images/up.gif"></a>
> + <a href="?sort_field=4&sort_order=a"><img style="width:10px"
> src="/images/down.gif"></a>
>   </th>
> - <th>&nbsp;</th>
>   <th align='center'>
>   $Lang::tr{'download'} /
>   <br>$Lang::tr{'upload'}
>
>
>
>
> 2013/3/10 Michael Tremer <michael.tremer@ipfire.org>
>         Hi,
>
>         sure, this is fine with me. Just try to make the sorting
>         process
>         efficient so that even ten thousands of connections are
>         properly
>         displayed.
>
>         -Michael
>
>         On Sun, 2013-03-10 at 17:01 +0100, Kay-Michael Köhler wrote:
>         > Hello everyone
>         >
>         >
>         > i'm going to start development on connections.cgi to have
>         some kind of
>         > sorting at "iptables connection
>         tracking" (status->connections)
>         >
>         >
>         > I think it is a good idea to have the following (asc/desc)
>         sort
>         > options:
>         >
>         >
>         > "Protocol"
>         > "Source IP:Port"
>         > "Destination IP Port"
>         > "Connection status"
>         >
>         >
>         > If you guys agree it would be a please for me to share and
>         post the
>         > patch here when i'm done.
>         >
>         >
>         > Regards
>         >
>         >
>         > Kay-Michael
>
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