On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Kimmo Paasiala <kpaas...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 6:05 PM, Brandon Allbery <allber...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 4:26 AM, Damien Fleuriot <m...@my.gd> wrote: > >> On 11 Sep 2012, at 10:15, "Shiv. Nath" <prabh...@digital-infotech.net> > >> wrote: > >> It says it received a *response* so my understanding is *you* are trying > >> to connect. > > > > But it's avahi (a zeroconf implementation) so the response is to a > > broadcast; the remote machine in question may also be broadcasting. > > > > I would actually question why avahi is even enabled on a server; perhaps > > the correct answer is simply to disable it in rc.conf. > > You do know that avahi-daemon's main use is to advertise _services_ > running on a host? > Yes, but zeroconf-style services are often more of a peer-to-peer nature instead of fixed (which don't *need* zeroconf). It's also a larger attack surface. -- brandon s allbery allber...@gmail.com wandering unix systems administrator (available) (412) 475-9364 vm/sms _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
