Package: bridge-utils Version: 1.6-2 Severity: normal -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256
On hosts that get their IP via DHCP, bridge-utils picks a random MAC address among the interfaces on the host to identify the DHCP request. This produces non-predictable results, especially if there are hotplugged devices. Currently, the only way to avoid this is to specify a hardcoded MAC address with bridge_hw. This lacks the flexibility and consistancy adopted by systemd for PredictableNetworkInterfaceNames. I suggest a new option called bridge_via to specify the routing interface: bridge_via enp4s0 This would make the routing slot-specific, but not MAC-specific, just as PredictableNetworkInterfaceNames intended. In the above scenario, someone could replace the Ethernet adapter located at PCI slot 4 without having to rewrite /etc/network/interfaces rules with a new MAC address at bridge_hw. - -- System Information: Debian Release: 10.4 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-9-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=fi_FI.utf8, LC_CTYPE=fi_FI.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=fi_FI.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages bridge-utils depends on: ii libc6 2.28-10 bridge-utils recommends no packages. Versions of packages bridge-utils suggests: ii ifupdown 0.8.35 - -- no debconf information -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEyJACx3qL7GpObXOQrh+Cd8S017YFAl8cGeMACgkQrh+Cd8S0 17YIgw//WWRHL0Ocfsi10o/lpqkQAO1wM0JxBHr+WAjDqhxW0v0QnNxnz8rJtCmh UCrK7tL8tCMyWFV93TGa+P7K3Wh0TA+2T+8qJuQcohoMD4hQqHzZb9jR717O9rsK Ye8c7BCbtpt0FCFYt0UyALvHui+DLnwqavv1eTaWQvC8HpWoPJLRkMA2FKd8SIt0 sepL2LnWNXMEIGtx1UXgeM/GH8riyu1zvvitTnN2eKpmFOn3FObcUw7gfN5ewk1p Wd9Ou6KbV2+uLWKtvSDcYKRi56Ic/nTdoTPGP9AsaPs11IUlcx/6DwTIgbsy2c5A QSEznYZrtyAiCFHz/7jifGzPRFEHsg0rlqUUNl+VKxpyuwfgpA0IM1/89IpCkdvJ 5jqMYCFxLits4ll5r/x/0/q7T2wvojvswYCE51JbHVBlyki8L1Wl1EmfB0RBhR4U TrQery2+ncvSIytjamujuRcqcxrlNEkg5PyvGa0qzkJlfj1j3LyNsXJ2XlMB5Y7J 2eAjQCCvd8Uq5RM/y+nlSCk+SF1HzI+uu9DSU74nAK683y5Jt8cBW33iVHquvtS3 BxNSm8KW6THxwXocmljxkNJKYyuTUlEjYWy4aHyVZaegJvkfK4vCZgZFUjbR7c3f si818tMghZvm8l3FRRRRA/sAj+mF2r/imZ3Tv/XJA2CX3UQxtQE= =FvM+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
