On Wed, 2022-01-26 at 19:26 +0000, Brian wrote: > On Wed 26 Jan 2022 at 10:42:38 -0600, David Wright wrote: > > [Snipping] > > > I've worked this way for 15 years and, unlike Gene, I'm not having > > to fight any battles over it. I'm sure mDNS is perfect for people > > with different demands from mine. > > My question was really directed at all users, particularly those who > do not appreciate the existance or basic function of Avahi.
My experience of it was many years ago when first trying out Linux seriously and I spotted it amongst the list of services that were running. After googling the name and realising what it was I hurriedly uninstalled it, because at that time the zero-conf stuff seemed to be cropping up regularly in the IT news in a bad way, with malware exploiting weaknesses in Window and routers implementation of it. I also have a general aversion to computers tying to doing magic things behind my back. I can't see what the problem with DHCP is, if I want to have static IP addresses or use names to identify machines on the network, I can take a minute to add a line to dnsmasq.conf on my router. I know some people say that DHCP is a single point of failure, or they don't want to run extra hardware 24/7, but I would think most of us already have a router providing internet access that can do DHCP. And if that fails, have a spare (even if it's just an old device) that can be pressed into immediate use. I for one consider internet access sufficiently important to make fixing it a priority. -- Tixy
