I'm shocked, shocked!

[J.Witvliet at mindef.nl]

-----Original Message-----
From: users-bounces at lists.fedoraproject.org [mailto:users-bounces at lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Michael Hennebry
Sent: dinsdag 2 juni 2015 7:20
To: Community support for Fedora users
Subject: RE: I'm shocked, shocked!

On Mon, 1 Jun 2015, J.Witvliet at mindef.nl wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: users-bounces at lists.fedoraproject.org 
> [mailto:users-bounces at lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Tom H
> Sent: zondag 31 mei 2015 15:23
> To: Fedora Users
> Subject: Re: I'm shocked, shocked!
>
> On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 1:37 PM, Tom Horsley <horsley1953 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> To see that the "predictable" network name for my one and only 
>> ethernet port has changed once again.
>> On fedora 22 eno1 is what used to be em1.
>
> That's because you've moved from one "predictable" scheme to another...

That is not a good enough excuse.
*By design*, Fedora is a high-turnover distribution.
Changing a naming scheme that security software relies on is a big deal.

I'd suggest two utilities.
One would record the current names and
their mac addresses in a plain text file.
The other would take such a file and update a configuration file to associate the names and mac addresses.
The format of the file should remain constant between releases.

-----Original Message-----

I wasn't looking for an excuse.
And it is not only security related, but more general networking.
At how many places do you have to specify the name of your network device, and perhaps have to differentiate...
Not just iptables, but routing, bridging, monitoring, building virtualized clients, etc etc etc
No progress without change, but changing device-names isn't a trivial thing.
I could write scripts on a test-machine, not needing to know the hardware layout of any intended target machines.
Now I do need to know, or need to script around it. That is still fun, but changing documentation for real-end-users aint. :-)

Hw


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