Enabling Connectivity Checking in NetworkManager

[Ted Gould]

On Fri, 2012-07-13 at 08:12 -0400, Marc Deslauriers wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-07-12 at 23:12 -0500, Ted Gould wrote:
> > On Thu, 2012-07-12 at 17:42 +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 02:19:21PM -0500, Ted Gould wrote:
> > > > I'd agree that it's an extreme situation, but technically any connection
> > > > would be.  For instance, my ISP or company would have a high likelyhood
> > > > that I'm running Ubuntu by watching for this.  For those who are
> > > > concerned, I don't believe the alternate installer does this check.
> > > 
> > > I'm not sure that counts because there is significant top-down pressure
> > > to stop supporting the alternate installer.
> > 
> > Interesting, I wasn't aware.  Personally, I'd support a feature of the
> > standard installer to put it in a silent mode.  I don't think it should
> > be a check box, but as perhaps a "Ctrl+P" type thing.  Then we can argue
> > about whether it's "Privacy Mode" or "Paranoid Mode" ;-)  That way those
> > who really care would be likely to know it, but it wouldn't complicate
> > the more standard installs.
> 
> Installing without having the network cable plugged in would be a better
> way of doing this...I'm pretty sure the installer does other network
> stuff besides the initial network connectivity check that can be used to
> determine if you're installing Ubuntu.

And for wireless users is the solution to install in a Faraday
cage?  ;-)  While I'm sure YOU have one, the rest of us might be
lacking.

If such a mode was established I think it could be used for other things
during the install as well, for instance, setting the default behavior
of Network Manager to not ping ever or defaulting to encrypted home
directories, etc.

		--Ted



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