On Thu, Mar 02, 2023 at 10:32:41AM +0100, davenull@tuxfamily.org
wrote:
This system never had any debian 10 or lower. It has been issued to
my by
$worksplace
in december 2021, initially running windows.
akb@akira:~$ LC_ALL=C aptitude why ifupdown
p netscript-2.4 Provides ifupdown
p netscript-2.4 Depends bridge-utils (>= 0.9.3)
p bridge-utils Suggests ifupdown
akb@akira:~$ LC_ALL=C aptitude why netscript-2.4
p netscript-2.4 Provides ifupdown
unicorn:~$ apt-cache show netscript-2.4
[...]
Description-en: Linux 2.4/2.6/3.x router/firewall/VM host network
config system.
This is a router and firewall network configuration system. It is
specific to
the 2.4.x and 2.6.x kernel series. This system is in production use,
even
though this is an experimental version.
[...]
DON'T use this on a pure server - it is VERY useful for a Virtual
Machine
server with complex networking needs. This is because of its
comprehensive
network configuration capabilities. Thus it is a tempting
replacement
when you have to rip out NetworkManager on a server.
That sounds pretty terrifying to me. I'm surprised it works *at all*
with a Debian 11 (or higher? you didn't say what you *are* running,
only what you're *not* running) kernel.