On Monday 15 August 2005 12:46 pm, Dylan wrote:
It's a valid and flexible solution a problem. Formerly, there was a "bug" which meant you couldn't change, add or rearrange the cards (network or otherwise) without potentially having your network interfaces change identities. This makes upgrading and mainenance more problematical. Now, because the adminstrator can assign the interface based on various criteria (like MAC address or text name) you can be sure that changing a card won't futz your setup.
Wait a minute, you've got that totally backward. Previously, interfaces were constantly named, and did not change from one boot to the next. You call this a bug based on the fact that you couldn't re-arrange cards? That's bogus. If you re-arrange cards (do any physical maintenance) you expect problems. If you re-boot the machine, or have a power failure, you don't expect to have your entire network exposed to the world, and you don't expect to have to have your sysop standing there to fix this because SUSE NEVER WARNED anyone that this could happen. Had they documented it, they could call it a feature, but since they didn't its clearly a bug. Further, had they done the LEAST bit of testing in a firewall situation they would have run into this, its not something that happens RARELY. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen