On 29/03/13 12:46, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote:
On 29/03/2013 11:26, Samuli Suominen wrote:
With the new predictable network interface naming scheme which upstream enabled
by default you don't have to rename anymore because the names will be static
and not randomly rename when you, for example, upgrade the kernel. This can be
very important aspect, for example, security in mind.
You do know this is false, right? The names are supposed to be
predictable, not persistent. If you do happen to MOVE your network card
because the new videocard you add to your system does not fit otherwise,
the name _will_ change.
Not false, but configurable, and linked from the news item -- nobody
stopping you from eg. using MAC addresses instead of PCI slots for
defining the names, just like one would have renamed them using MAC with
70-persistent-net.rules
If /etc/udev/rules.d/80-net-name-slot.rules is a empty file, or if it's a
symlink to /dev/null, the new names will be disabled and kernel will do
all the interface naming, which will be random.
Avoid spreading FUD about naming being random. Thanks.
Not FUD, but a fact, depends on the driver code (in kernel) if it'll
change or not
That's random enough as we can't force people to track kernel source
tree and drivers code
