ZeroConf in Ubuntu Edgy

[Trent Lloyd]

On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 02:18:59PM -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 10:47:58PM +0200, John Nilsson wrote:
> > On Fri, 2006-06-23 at 09:15 +0800, Trent Lloyd wrote:
> > > Ubuntu has a no-open-ports by-default policy, which means that any
> > > mDNS/DNS-SD based discovery cannot be enabled by default.
> > 
> > How about a semi-closed policy? I.e. having a iptables configuration
> > that is a bit more trusting of private networks.
> 
> That's an interesting idea.  But are enough ISPs and corporate networks
> doing proper filtering these days for that to be safe?

I'm not sure this is really right, this still means if I'm at a
conference, someone can hack my PC, not just if I'm on the internet (in
fact your often arguably *safer* on the internet where your behind NAT
[at least that is often the case in .au])

Trent

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Trent Lloyd <lathiat at bur.st>
Bur.st Networking Inc.