Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 15:51:25 -0500 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: Ruben van Staveren <ruben@verweg.com> Cc: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Do you use a value other than AUTO for network_interfaces? Message-ID: <20090602205125.GA75470@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> In-Reply-To: <EA04BF4C-AE45-4624-9C1B-152FC26405C4@verweg.com> References: <4A257B82.1000701@FreeBSD.org> <EA04BF4C-AE45-4624-9C1B-152FC26405C4@verweg.com>
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On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 10:30:46PM +0200, Ruben van Staveren wrote: > > On 2 Jun 2009, at 21:20, Doug Barton wrote: > > >Up till Sunday in 8-current, and for a long time in general > >network.subr (part of the rc.d system) has emitted a warning that > >values of network_interfaces other than AUTO are deprecated. I > >removed that warning in HEAD Sunday, and there is no a discussion > >about whether or not it should be put back, and whether or not there > >is any need for the user to specify the list of network interfaces at > >all. > > Well, I do. > > I only want to configure only the interfaces that are connected and > that I know about. especially in combination with IPv6 there is a nit > that you'll get autoconfiguration for all interfaces unless they are > all explicitly configured. And while I'm not currently using anything other than AUTO I would think there is a security ramification if someone were to plug in to a supposedly unused port, then reboot the machine to prompt AUTO to configure their interface. Its not just a security thing, its an "idiot-proof" thing. If someone is moving machines around I don't want them to come up and partially work if the wires are plugged into the wrong holes. Would rather it be completely broken. I think its good that there is an AUTO *option*. Is also OK that it be the default. I don't think mandatory AUTO is good, if I want a port disabled then I want it to stay disabled. A quick glance of my 7.2-STABLE machine only found network_interfaces used in /etc/defaults/rc.conf. ipv6_network_interfaces is used in many places. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net ======================================================================== Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.
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