On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Kimmo Paasiala <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 6:05 PM, Brandon Allbery <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 4:26 AM, Damien Fleuriot <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> On 11 Sep 2012, at 10:15, "Shiv. Nath" <[email protected]>
> >> wrote:
> >> It says it received a *response* so my understanding is *you* are trying
> >> to connect.
> >
> > But it's avahi (a zeroconf implementation) so the response is to a
> > broadcast; the remote machine in question may also be broadcasting.
> >
> > I would actually question why avahi is even enabled on a server; perhaps
> > the correct answer is simply to disable it in rc.conf.
>
> You do know that avahi-daemon's main use is to advertise _services_
> running on a host?
>

Yes, but zeroconf-style services are often more of a peer-to-peer nature
instead of fixed (which don't *need* zeroconf).  It's also a larger attack
surface.

-- 
brandon s allbery                                      [email protected]
wandering unix systems administrator (available)     (412) 475-9364 vm/sms
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