This bug report should be marked as invalid because (i) zeroconf / avahi is already present, and (ii) it should be deprecated anyway. Avahi presents security risks and is rarely useful.
>From a security standpoint, Avahi should be used only if (i) no computers are connected to the Internet at all, or (ii) all computers are behind a firewall and the entire network is reconfigured to use Avahi instead of DHCP. >From a usefulness standpoint, a DHCP server will almost always already be present in a properly configured network, so Avahi at best is unnecessary and often causes much disruption to the network. If the computers are behind a firewall, network connectivity is provided at the firewall / router / DHCP server and should NOT be undermined by the clients. One could reconfigure the network for Avahi connectivity and turn off DHCP, but Avahi rarely provides an advantage over standard DHCP. Although Avahi is already present, is should be downgraded to a Suggests dependency and DISABLED by default. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-meta/+bug/192258 A better alternative would be to install the DHCP server by default and provide a GUI interface that presents a user-friendly manner to turn it on. However, few network administrators would want competing DHCP servers on their network (which is essentially what Avahi is anyway). Happy Trails, Loye Young Isaac & Young Computer Company Laredo, Texas http://www.iycc.biz -- Ubuntu offers no "zero configuration network" or so (unlike Apple) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/146737 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
