On Fri, 2017-04-07 at 17:07 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Fri, Apr 07, 2017 at 04:49:49PM -0400, Matthias Clasen wrote: > > We do this in the sharing panel, where we tie the various things > > that > > can be shared to known networks. This seems better to me than a > > very > > fuzzy idea of 'trusting a network'. > > That panel does seem like a fine place to put this; and, sure, we > could > call it "firewall" or "packet filter" or something. It'd be nice to > have a link to it when connecting to a network for the first time, > though, and maybe a link on the menu in the network area — I had no > idea there were per-network settings here. > Oh, this is not about a firewall or about packet filtering, at least not directly. It is about controlling what you share on the network, to avoid a 'pants down' moment in the office or coffee shop. The only way in which this is related to the firewall is that the firewall must not get in the way of any sharing that the user has turned on. For the more abstract/fuzzy 'network trust' level concept that you seem to be after, there is the 'Firewall zone' setting for wifi connections in the network panel. But good luck figuring out what any of those zones imply in terms of trust or broken applications. UX-wise, this setting is a disaster. _______________________________________________ desktop mailing list -- desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to desktop-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
