dhcp sends hostname when 'Use DHCP Hostname' option unchecked

Hello Martin,

here I am, after having looked at the code.

Really the message given in the log is misleading. What WICD does is:

- is the option checked? Send to the DHCP server the hostname specified in the textbox
- is the option unchecked? Send to the DHCP server the hostname of the system (/etc/hostname or `uname -n`)

I guess the latter is harmless. Maybe I should clarify the log message?

Kindly,
David

I would prefer not to have any hostname sent at all. Could this option be added as well?

I think it might even be appropriate to clarify what the default is in network preferences instead of just the log. What do you think?

On Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:30:55 -0000, Martin Dluhos wrote:

> I would prefer not to have any hostname sent at all. Could this option
> be added as well?

On Fri, 01 Feb 2013 09:19:28 -0500, Richard Stallman wrote:
> It is not harmless! It helps networks keep track of people!
> We are working hard to defend anonymity on the Internet, and this
> feature defeats it totally.
>
> I suspect that major ISPs will keep track of the hostnames and mac addresses
> of machines taht connect to them through all the nets that they run.

Even though this reasoning seems a bit paranoid to me, you've convinced me that,
at least, WICD should be coherent, and if the user doesn't tick the box, it
shouldn't send any hostname.
The starting points are different, but it seems that the outcome is the same.

> Would you please change WICD so the default is to send no host name
> info? If people want to send a host name, they can enable it
> by clicking the box.

Hopefully that's now fixed in r869 [0], and will be present in WICD 1.7.3.

  [0]: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~wicd-devel/wicd/experimental/revision/869

I must still test that code, but I believe it's not buggy.

> Also, for a feature suggestion, how about adding a box to the general
> Preferences to run macchanger each time it brings up an interface?
> Currently the only way to do this to the wifi device is to put it in
> as a script for EACH interface separately.

Could you please open a separate bugreport for that?

Thank you,
David

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On Sat, 02 Feb 2013 08:07:40 -0500, Richard Stallman wrote:

> Thanks for fixing that problem. I think that resisting surveillance
> is very important.
>
> > Also, for a feature suggestion, how about adding a box to the general
> > Preferences to run macchanger each time it brings up an interface?
> > Currently the only way to do this to the wifi device is to put it in
> > as a script for EACH interface separately.
>
> Could you please open a separate bugreport for that?
>
> If it can be done by email, I will. What is the address?
> Otherwise I will have to ask someone else to do it.

It's only doable [0] if your e-mail address is linked to some account in
Launchpad, which I guess is not.

 [0]: https://help.launchpad.net/Bugs/EmailInterface

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