On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:23:07 +0100, Bernard wrote: > Hi to Everyone, > > A few weeks ago, I have decided that, whenever my PC was to stay on for > awhile without being used, I would disconnect the internet connexion, > using the Gnome "Network Manager" for this purpose (right click then > uncheck "activate the network"). Today, I wonder how efficient that is, > in regard to security risks, since it seems likely that the Internet > link must still be up, if it was not the case, how to explain that the > re-activating process is so quick ?
Maybe because the interface is configured as "hotplug" and as soon as the "link" is detected the card gets up and running :-? "cat /etc/network/interfaces" will tell. > Maybe it is better to physically disconnect the Ethernet wire at the > back on the main board... which is not always an easy operation, > depending on one's setup. I would use the old method (ifup/ifdown) to manage the network interface (I find it most reliable than NM), at least for wired devices. So in the event you want to shutdown a specific interface, you can just run "ifdown eth0". While using NM, to shutdown the entire newtork service you can issue the command "/etc/init.d/network-manager stop" but that seems a bit drastic measure. I wonder if it could be possible to shutdown just one network adapter instead the whole service :-? Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
