Re: Static Routes for VPN

2016-10-06 Thread Xen
Thomas Haller schreef op 06-10-2016 14:28: In such a setup the actual address doesn't matter. 0.0.0.0 should work just fine. That's very interesting, thank you. ___ networkmanager-list mailing list networkmanager-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org

Re: Static Routes for VPN

2016-10-05 Thread Xen
Greg Oliver schreef op 05-10-2016 22:55: The easiest is if your server pushes them with push. You are absolutely correct - and I do that for our company. Other companies that we are partners with where our engineers log into their networks do not like it when they push default routes on us th

Re: Static Routes for VPN

2016-10-05 Thread Xen
Greg Oliver schreef op 05-10-2016 22:10: I cannot remember the last networkManager this worked in (GUI), but I am trying to add static routes for VPN connections and it no longer takes interfaces as gateways. Not knowing the IP of the gateway until connection, what is the proper procedure for ad

Re: [PATCH] Replace 'Ternary' with 'Tertiary'

2016-07-25 Thread Xen
Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre schreef op 26-07-2016 7:04: Ternary tends to mean "having three parts", and has other significance in IT. Using "Tertiary" seems to be a better choice, even though they may both be used interchangeably (afaict from dictionary.com anyway). In the Dutch language apparent

Re: fallback DNS server

2016-07-21 Thread Xen
Beniamino Galvani schreef op 21-07-2016 10:10: On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 09:54:03AM +0200, Nicolas Bock wrote: How do I check that dnsmasq is using the server? NetworkManager started dnsmasq with /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --no-resolv --keep-in-foreground --no-hosts --bind-interfaces --pid-file=/run/Netw

two dhcp-option (openvpn)

2016-07-19 Thread Xen
A user reported having two dhcp-option in his config, either pushed by the server or local, I don't know yet. One of the dhcp-option was faulty, it was 10.8.0.1 but there was no response from that server apparently. The order given was: public internet DNS private VPN DNS In the log from Ne

Re: on nmcli improvements or needs of improvement

2016-05-19 Thread Xen
Francesco Giudici schreef op 19-05-2016 10:16: Hi Xen, thanks for sharing your thoughts, we are always glad to receive advice on how to improve NetworkManager and make it more user friendly. There is already a nCurses interface to NM: nmtui (please, give it a try!). We found from the

on nmcli improvements or needs of improvement

2016-05-17 Thread Xen
Francesco Giudici schreef op 17-05-2016 23:39: Hi, a couple of months ago we launched the survey on NetworkManager usage. We want to share a short summary of the main outcomes: https://people.freedesktop.org/~fgiudici/NMsurvey/ It is also available in pdf format if you prefer: https://people

Re: on manual configuration / respecting user made changes

2016-04-06 Thread Xen
Dan Williams schreef op 05-04-16 19:47: > On Tue, 2016-04-05 at 10:53 +0200, Xen wrote: >> Question: >> >> Currently when NM manages a link/device (say eth0) any attempt to >> manually configure it (using e.g. ifconfig) will quickly result in >> this >> acti

on manual configuration / respecting user made changes

2016-04-05 Thread Xen
Question: Currently when NM manages a link/device (say eth0) any attempt to manually configure it (using e.g. ifconfig) will quickly result in this action being undone by NM. Should there be any sense of not interfering with manual configuration? I mean in a general sense what you see happening

Re: Homenet

2016-03-23 Thread Xen
Using an ULA (as long as it is stable) is really the same as ignoring the first 64 bits. Any number that never changes can be ignored in a computation, or ceases being a variable in that sense (quite literally). Op 22-3-2016 om 16:17 schreef Xen: Meaning, he wants his router to generate an

Re: Homenet

2016-03-22 Thread Xen
The issue is getting a bit cloudy here because you are responding to such disperse things in isolation So I don't know really what it's about at this point. But thank you for the discussion regardless. I'm intending to install Linux just so I can use Calligra just so I can have a reasonably

Re: Homenet

2016-03-22 Thread Xen
Using an ULA (as long as it is stable) is really the same as ignoring the first 64 bits. Any number that never changes can be ignored in a computation, or ceases being a variable in that sense (quite literally). Op 22-3-2016 om 16:17 schreef Xen: Meaning, he wants his router to generate an

Re: Homenet

2016-03-22 Thread Xen
Op 22-3-2016 om 11:10 schreef Tim Coote: There are further complications arising from ISP disconnection or prefix renumbering. Homenet rfcs discuss the use of ULAs (similar in concept to rfc 1918 addresses) to handle the startup situation of building a house before its connected to an ISP, bu

Re: Homenet

2016-03-21 Thread Xen
Op 21-3-2016 om 13:43 schreef Stuart D. Gathman: On Mon, 21 Mar 2016, Xen wrote: "Addressable" is NOT the same thing as "exposed". Any sane IPv6 There is a fundamental issue with this and that is that this is a rather arbitrary "sanest method of configuratio

Re: Homenet

2016-03-21 Thread Xen
Op 21-3-2016 om 11:23 schreef Tim Coote: If Bart’s view is typical, I guess that the answer to my original question is ‘No’. That’s a shame as further separation of the various Linux models (embedded, networking, phone, tablet, desktop, server, cloud), is, imo, unhelpful. But at least it give

Re: Homenet

2016-03-21 Thread Xen
Op 21-3-2016 om 11:23 schreef Tim Coote: If Bart’s view is typical, I guess that the answer to my original question is ‘No’. That’s a shame as further separation of the various Linux models (embedded, networking, phone, tablet, desktop, server, cloud), is, imo, unhelpful. But at least it give

Re: Homenet

2016-03-21 Thread Xen
Op 21-3-2016 om 14:05 schreef Thomas Haller: Note that there are also private stable addresses: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7217 https://blogs.gnome.org/lkundrak/2015/12/03/networkmanager-and-privacy-in-the-ipv6-internet/ Thomas Hi thanks. That part seems to actually be a good feature,

Re: Homenet

2016-03-21 Thread Xen
Op 21-3-2016 om 00:29 schreef Stuart Gathman: On 03/20/2016 11:36 AM, Xen wrote: By the way, if UPnP was ever a problem in terms of NAT security, obviously the problem is much worse in IPv6, since there is not even any NAT and all devices are always exposed. "Addressable" is NO

Re: Homenet

2016-03-20 Thread Xen
f IPv6 gives some freedom or liberation, it is mostly due to the router allowing this. Everyone his own IP address. Everyone his own front door. People love that, in a way. But it also means you no longer have a family. Op 20-3-2016 om 16:05 schreef Xen: Op 20-3-2016 om 11:56 schreef Ti

Re: Homenet

2016-03-20 Thread Xen
are alarm clocks that stop working if your internet access goes down. This system is not good Is all I'm saying. I hope this informs some of the decisions being made. Good luck. Bye. Bart. Op 20-3-2016 om 16:36 schreef Xen: By the way, if UPnP was ever a problem in terms of NAT security,

Re: Homenet

2016-03-20 Thread Xen
f IPv6 gives some freedom or liberation, it is mostly due to the router allowing this. Everyone his own IP address. Everyone his own front door. People love that, in a way. But it also means you no longer have a family. Op 20-3-2016 om 16:05 schreef Xen: Op 20-3-2016 om 11:56 schreef Ti

Re: Homenet

2016-03-20 Thread Xen
Op 20-3-2016 om 11:56 schreef Tim Coote: Is it intended that NetworkManager will conform to /support / exploit the Homenet network name and address assignment and routeing protocols (http://bit.ly/1LyAE7H), either to provide end to end connectivity or to provide a monitoring layer so that the a

Re: NM and IETF MIF working group

2015-09-28 Thread Xen
Just want to say that I have been trying (in OpenSUSE) to get a rather simple scenario working, but failed, probably due to kernel mechanics: - main connection receives all traffic destined for port 80, 443. - VPN receives all else. I just consider it a more special case of directing VPN traffi

Re: vpn and stuff

2015-09-19 Thread Xen
On Tue, 15 Sep 2015, Simon Geard wrote: On Mon, 2015-09-14 at 17:18 +0200, Xen wrote: In a command line shell you will just never learn or remember to write Ne instead of ne.. Why would I need to? I just type 'ne' and tab, and let (case insensitive) command-line completi

Re: vpn and stuff

2015-09-14 Thread Xen
On 09/14/2015 01:35 PM, Thomas Haller wrote: On Sat, 2015-09-12 at 19:56 +0200, Xen wrote: == Seriously I would suggest to get rid of the CamelCase name. It breaks compatibility or congruency with a lot of other things and as a user you are constantly wondering

Re: vpn and stuff

2015-09-14 Thread Xen
Hi, thanks for your responses. On 09/14/2015 02:10 PM, Thomas Haller wrote: You bring up so many different points, that it's hard to keep track of them. It would be better to discuss them individually or open Bugs for it. I know, just imagine having to file bug reports for all of them ;-). K

vpn and stuff

2015-09-12 Thread Xen
Hi, It's not that I ever really liked NM, but. After I set up my VPN with dispatcher.d scripts (it seems my SuSE install doesn't automatically call any ifup.d scripts but then it doesn't have /etc/network/ either. ;-)). I managed to also integrate it with the plasma applet thing for KDE 4,