On Fri, Dec 27, 2002 at 11:30:36PM -1000, Jimen Ching wrote: > On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, Vince Hoang wrote: > >users were educated to invest in a firewall, they would get > >increased security _and_ transparency. > > May I also ask how setting the hostname could decrease > security and/or transparency? Also, what is your definition of > transparency and security?
I was replying off of Wayne's description of transparency, which I translated as reducing the gotchas in moving away from a windows world. I personally think DHCP setting the hostname is mostly a non-issue, but acknowledge that it can confuse the end user, within the context of a windows user switching to linux. Having your hostname change does not decrease security. Possessing a firewall helps with security. As a side effect, it also aids with the transparency issue because you run your own DHCP server, so your IP/hostname is even less likely to change. > These are not rethorical questions. I would really like to know > if there are security and privacy issues with DHCP. If such > issues exist, they should be brought up with the IETF working > group. After all, the link I provided earlier was to a draft > only. I do not see any privacy and security issues with DHCP itself. -Vince