Re: Bug#529624: netbase: networking should not be stopped on reboot or halt
Hello,
On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 01:18 +0200, Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
> In article <[🔎] 20090520155616.GA29547@bongo.bofh.it> you wrote:
> > Does anybody see any downsides to this?
>
> It does not make sense to me. the network will be stopped after the daemon
> if the daemon is confgured with correct dependencies. And even if not, its
> a matter of seconds until the host shuts down or reboots which also kills
> it.
>
> We could skip the downing for speedup reasons, but the actual security
> implications (host is pingable when shut down) might not be desireable.
* On client computer, if the interface isn't shut-down, the dhcp leases
won't be released.
* If the network interface isn't shut down, it may not be powered off
(I don't know if halt's "-i" is effective, see the manpage)
* It may prevents wake-on-lan (actually, some Ethernet seems to require
to shut down the interface, whereas some card require the opposite)
Don't take my words for granted, regarding the interface power-off.
Franklin
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