Re: RFC: Change the default hostname for Fedora 26+

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On 11/09/2016 02:32 PM, Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 08, 2016 at 03:25:58PM -0800, Andrew Lutomirski wrote:
>> If the hostname is non-constant, can we also arrange that, by default,
>> this hostname is never sent over the network?  In particular, I think
>> that DHCP requests should *not* include this hostname.  We're already
>> starting to randomize MAC addresses -- there's no reason to give a
>> persistent per-installation identifier to every network.
> 
> There's two different cases that I'm not sure how to resolve elegantly.
> On a home network or on a business network, having the name available
> is highly desirable. On a public network, just the opposite.


Add a checkbox in nm so that users can state whether they are on a
trusted network or not ??

	Theo.


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