topic Re: Reserved Words in Firewall and Security Management

Reserved Words

Tommy_Forrest — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 15:43:24 GMT

Another upgrade (R81->R81.20) another reserved word found.

After attempting an upgrade in the lab, I log in and get a validation error that the word "domains" is now a reserved word.

We have an IOC import with the name domains in it and it was getting flagged.

Thankfully, it is an easy fix, just add -name to the name of it and that fixes it.

That said, could an SK get built that lists reserved words? And could that SK get updated prior to a new Gaia release with newly reserved words? According to my TAC person, no such SK seems to exist.

Pretty please?

Also, what's with reserved words? Why are they a thing? And why do they have to impact my daily operations?

Re: Reserved Words

Alex- — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 15:32:26 GMT

sk40179.

Re: Reserved Words

Tommy_Forrest — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 15:42:47 GMT

Perfect, thank you.

It would be helpful to know which reserved words are impacted by which Gaia version.

For example, the word domains is listed in the SK as reserved. But in R81, that word isn't a problem. It seems to be in 81.20.

Re: Reserved Words

the_rock — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 15:53:09 GMT

Honestly, I think those reserved words have not changed since R55 lol

Re: Reserved Words

Tommy_Forrest — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 15:58:35 GMT

Perhaps. But it wasn't an issue in R81. And it is in 81.20.

I think my biggest annoyance is that they're even a thing in the first place.

Re: Reserved Words

the_rock — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 16:00:37 GMT

I hear ya, true. I recall encountering this once with Cisco ageas ago, but never again after, either with PAN, Cisco or Fortigate.

Re: Reserved Words

Tommy_Forrest — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 16:06:33 GMT

Yep, I wasn't going to name names or anything. But this isn't an issue on other products.

Also, I just noticed this blurb in the SK:

"Important: The list of words is partial. It is dynamic and no one ever presumed to populate it so it will include all cases."

How about a full list? How hard is that? Honestly.

Re: Reserved Words

the_rock — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 16:14:38 GMT

Mate, its never shame telling the truth, all good : - ). Btw, I see your point...as people say, I dont disagree with you, meaning, I AGREE haha

Andy