From nobody Sun Nov 19 14:36:27 2023 X-Original-To: freebsd-net@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4SYCrV0n64z51rVm for ; Sun, 19 Nov 2023 14:36:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@igalic.co) Received: from mail-4018.proton.ch (mail-4018.proton.ch [185.70.40.18]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits)) (Client CN "protonmail.com", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4SYCrT228Vz3WRW for ; Sun, 19 Nov 2023 14:36:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@igalic.co) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=igalic.co header.s=protonmail2 header.b="R6pzABu/"; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of freebsd@igalic.co designates 185.70.40.18 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=freebsd@igalic.co; dmarc=none DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=igalic.co; s=protonmail2; t=1700404599; x=1700663799; bh=AJsI4/rvh23L4DD0Ro2ZJJbw1ZjUpQC/C5qwX8wSq50=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID: Message-ID:BIMI-Selector; b=R6pzABu/XCMKNhPvwz45tJnYAuGnBvdsqPCGmIle0lczH3xJA0qSvPPKRvgCdKhAx Z7lj3LzlPt0bLEpIh3bUwFsS1ZVTUzhqAto6693j26vfDDOMdppbrsO8FBy4e5SY+Q rg77g871RdM2Jsout2cu1KmpJXICEuvxZwREBrPp0rv0NUXK76nloOkGEqCwpovw7q xlWmPW1UJPRuI33z7kbR7I2QEIxVIIKORx2Wgv0eUH2Wd/dKz6F28KPbfzfXfnOaHz a66zr4/1PuskekPeiotbBLb3ve/7NgRUoGOSNPWH2KttKp88YDHiguz4qp0Utys/V9 34TPRBbfreLaA== Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2023 14:36:27 +0000 To: =?utf-8?Q?=C3=96zkan_KIRIK?= From: =?utf-8?Q?Mina_Gali=C4=87?= Cc: Kyle Evans , freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to tell if a network interface was renamed (and from what) Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: <9eef5488-e8da-4edd-bc00-baeb5aaf4a23@FreeBSD.org> Feedback-ID: 66573723:user:proton List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.90 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-0.997]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_EXCELLENT(-0.40)[185.70.40.18:from]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[igalic.co:s=protonmail2]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:185.70.40.0/24]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-net@freebsd.org]; RCVD_COUNT_ZERO(0.00)[0]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[gmail.com]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[igalic.co:+]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:62371, ipnet:185.70.40.0/24, country:CH]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[igalic.co]; TAGGED_RCPT(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4SYCrT228Vz3WRW X-Spamd-Bar: --- Hi =C3=96zkan, > It would be better if FreeBSD could have "interface altname feature" > like Linux has. even tho I'm writing this email from a Linux laptop, and often have to understand Linux specific code to see how I can (or if I need to) replicate that on FreeBSD, I'm not familiar enough with Linux. Can you describe the altname feature, and how it works? Kind regards, Mina