On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 11:36 AM, James B. Byrne <byrnejb at harte-lyne.ca> wrote: > > I used to think the same thing. However, on reflection I think that the decision > to keep the network down until deliberately enabled is a sensible and prudent > security choice. This leaves up to the operator the decision as to whether or not > a given system is sufficiently hardened against Internet attacks before > connecting. Which way the default goes isn't a problem by itself, but having it set by a not-very obvious checkbox hidden out of the way with not mention of the need to check it seems like a pretty bad decision. And why would it ever be a good thing to not be able to do an update immediately after your first boot anyway? > Now, consider upstream's decision to enable network-manager by default on an > enterprise distro. THAT I both understand and fundamentally disagree with. Yes, that's a horrible thing for servers. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com