Re: GUPnP and Zones

[Mark Ryan <mark d ryan linux intel com>]

Hi Jussi,

>
> For the first two cases adding another layer of UI (outside the apps
> control) seems wrong, and I wouldn't be surprised if app developers
> would be annoyed about that. I don't have specific ideas about how to
> solve this but I think the apps should have fairly strong control over
> this.

I agree with this and this case is covered to some extent by the 
proposal in my original email.  The idea would be to

a) use zone information, where available, to provide a safe set of 
defaults for UPnP clients and servers

b) add a new API to GUPnP to allow clients ( UPnP control points and 
servers ) to override these defaults.

So ultimately, the applications would retain control.

Of course, if we implemented this feature, we would change the default 
behaviour (i.e. to share everything on all networks) of existing GUPnP 
clients where zone information is available.  But giving the security 
risks maybe this isn't such a bad thing.  If clients wanted to revert to 
the old behaviour, they would need to update their code to use the new API.

There is of course a caveat for dLeyna clients here.  Apps that used the 
dLeyna components would share the same set of settings for accessing 
networks.

Regards,

Mark