[vlc-devel] [PATCH 9/9] lua: http: Announce the web interface over mdns

[Alexandre Janniaux]

Hi,
On Fri, Sep 04, 2020 at 07:58:13AM +0200, Pierre Ynard via vlc-devel wrote:
> Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2020 07:58:13 +0200
> From: Pierre Ynard <linkfanel at yahoo.fr>
> To: vlc-devel at videolan.org
> Subject: Re: [vlc-devel] [PATCH 9/9] lua: http: Announce the web interface
>  over mdns
> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12)
>
> > I agree that it must not be exposed (even on local network)
> > until HTTP is a bit more secure, but it is probably ok if
> > disabled by default and enabled through an option.
>
> It's not just about security. Since when is it okay for VLC to report
> or advertise to third parties and the outside world what it's doing,
> without the user's consent? We even have a first-run dialog on the main
> interface for that.

Yes, you're right. Thank you for highlighting that too. ;)

But your point could probably be more related to a question
about enabling/disabling service advertisement as a whole
through a settting than enabling the HTTP interface
advertisement first.

Regards,
--
Alexandre Janniaux
Videolabs