[Networkmanager] Can public/trusted network setting return to UI?

[Andrei Borzenkov]

On 20.06.2023 23:28, Petr Menšík wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I am old enough to remember there were once specification for each
> connection, into which type of network it belongs. I kind of like it and
> it would make sense to me if it returned into configuration not only
> from command line.
> 

And what property would it be on command line?

> There is still connection.zone, but at least UI from GNOME does not
> allow editing it from the GUI applet.
> 

So contact GNOME and request adding this support. The only "GUI" that is 
part of NM is nmtui. Unfortunately, it lacks firewall zone support 
either. The nm-connection-editor supports it, but it hides this property 
if firewalld is not running. Any other GUI frontend is external project 
and you need to contact the respective developers.

> Why do I want it?
> 
> Basically I have two different approaches for to network I connect:
> 
> - public network. Conferences, hotels, café or train. Usually all I want
> is internet connectivity.  I want my privacy protection as strong as it
> can be. DNS over TLS if possible, no avahi, no services open to network.
> 
> - trusted network. My home, work, or networks of my friends or
> relatives. I may want to interact with other devices on this network.
> That might be smart TV for sharing photos or choosing movie, transfer of
> files, printer to print on. I want Avahi to discover services and
> publish my machines name. I do not care about DNS to be encrypted too
> much, more important is every name has to work. Privacy is reduced to
> simplify identification of devices.
> 
> Is there a reason why nothing similar is offered now? With my avahi
> maintainer hat on, I had to say it does not have runtime reconfiguration
> yet. For me, having at least connection.zone like select box in UI for
> connection to networks would be great. Is there some reasoning why it
> has disappeared?
> 
> Cheers,
> Petr
>