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Remember UPnP? Good times.
by NoZebra120vClip 4y ago
Remember UPnP? Good times.
- josephcsible 4y agoThe difference between this and UPnP is that this is a program opening firewall rules on the computer it's running on, whereas UPnP let programs open firewall rules on other devices.
- NoZebra120vClip 4y agoA... program? You know that Docker containers are self-contained operating systems? The whole point of containers like Docker is to separate the allocation and control of resources via a middle way that is not quite virtualization. So a monolithic OS running on one computer is at one end of the spectrum, and a "separate hardware device" accessible by LAN is further along the spectrum, but it's a continuum. So I feel like Docker's control of the host OS presents a similar surprise to us today as we felt when UPnP was in control of networked devices a few decades ago. To a Docker or UPnP expert, it's just another fact of provisioning the application's resources. UPnP has often been deployed at the hands of inexperienced users, and so it is with Docker.
- JohnFen 4y ago> You know that Docker containers are self-contained operating systems? That doesn't qualify as a program?
- NoZebra120vClip 4y agoWell, if it's 1983, and the Master Control Program is after you, be careful not to get de-rezzed. "Hey, I got a new program to install on my computer!" "What's your new program called?" "This program is... Ubuntu Linux."