On Nov 20, 2007 5:29 PM, Scott Kitterman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 20 November 2007 10:56, Loye Young wrote: > > > > About not starting avahi-daemon: (this is ubuntu/debian specific) > > > > <snip details> > > (1) Your comments are helpful and should be easily accessible in the > > documentation. > > (2) AVAHI_DAEMON_START=0 should be default, IMHO. Better yet, avahi > > shouldn't be on the system at all unless specifically installed. At most, > > it should be a "Suggested" dependency. > > (3) Still doesn't explain how to get avahi off the machine and leave it in > > a usable and upgradeable state. > > Agreed. IMO it's in technical compliance with no open ports by default, but > really stretches the spirit of it.
No open ports by default? How would you use dhcp udp/68 or dns udp/53 without opening ports by default? if you are concern about security, you should use a firewall in the first place. > > > > So what is the missing documentation in avahi? > > > > (1) See above. > > (2) How it interacts with and overrides (some would argue "hijacks") the > > normal Debian networking system of ifupdown, /etc/network/interfaces, etc. > > (3) What the jargon in the documentation means. E.g., the following line > > from the avahi-daemon manpage is unintelligible to someone who doesn't > > already know the avahi system: > > " The daemon registers local IP addresses and static services > > using mDNS/DNS-SD and provides > > two IPC APIs for local programs to make use of the mDNS record > > cache the avahi-daemon maintains. " > > Whoever wrote this must have an affinity for tax regulations under the U.S. > > Internal Revenue Code. ;-) > > Personally I'd rather stay entirely away from it. The entire mDNS idea is a > gross DNS hack that ends up piling .local queries up against the DNS roots. > > Scott K > > -- > > ubuntu-server mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server > More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam > -- Sebastien Estienne -- ubuntu-server mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
