DeepPacketLove Package: A heartfelt request from a curious penguin

Dear NethSecurity devs,
first of all, thank you for the amazing work you’re doing: the system is stable, clean, and has that sweet scent of well-groomed /etc/passwd files!

However, like any curious penguin hungry for packets (network ones, not RPMs), I feel the need for some ninja-level enhancements in our favorite firewall:

:snake: Suricata: Sure, Snort does its job… but being able to choose Suricata would be like switching from *less to bat: same function, but with style and color!

:unlock: SSL Decryption: Understanding what’s going on inside encrypted packets would be pure joy. Right now, I feel like tcpdump without the -A flag: I see things, but I have no idea what they mean :sweat_smile:.

:man_detective: Visual & intuitive logs: It would be amazing to have colorful logs, maybe split by categories, with some nice highlighting for blocked traffic — and while we’re at it, showing which policy landed the final blow.
Also, if I could click from the Policy section and instantly view logs related to that specific rule, I’d feel like journalctl with a timestamp filter — total power at my fingertips!

:bar_chart: Hit Counter next to Policies: Knowing how many times a rule has been triggered would be both useful and oddly satisfying. A counter in the style of iptables -L -v would make us feel like true sysadmins with dashboards at our command.

In short: a more nerd-friendly and powerful UX, the kind that makes our eyes sparkle like after a smooth sudo apt full-upgrade.

Thanks again for your dedication and consistency — keep it up!
A warm hug full of well-formed packets from a humble user who admires you and dreams in /var/log.

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Well this was unexpected :joy:

Thank you for the suggestions! We try to improve the product at each iteration with features and bugfixes. We are “limited” (so to speak) by OpenWRT, so everything that runs there should run fine here. Eventually if you have some software that is already available on OpenWRT and does some of the things you kindly asked, please feel free to comment! I’ll take a look at it.

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