On 11/09/2016 02:32 PM, Matthew Miller wrote:
On Tue, Nov 08, 2016 at 03:25:58PM -0800, Andrew Lutomirski wrote:
> If the hostname is non-constant, can we also arrange that, by default,
> this hostname is never sent over the network? In particular, I think
> that DHCP requests should *not* include this hostname. We're already
> starting to randomize MAC addresses -- there's no reason to give a
> persistent per-installation identifier to every network.
There's two different cases that I'm not sure how to resolve elegantly.
On a home network or on a business network, having the name available
is highly desirable. On a public network, just the opposite.
Add a checkbox in nm so that users can state whether they are on a
trusted network or not ??
Theo.