I connect to a lot of open networks when I'm pootling around. I'm fairly careful to VPN home for anything important but that's not really my boggle. The laptop runs several services (nfs, dev http server, samba, avahi).Not only do I not want people on open networks connecting to these services, some of them (samba and avahi) are extremely slutty and advertise themselves all over the place to other computers.I also don't want my computer name available in public places. I already rotate random MAC addresses so hotspot owners can't track where I go on a day-to-day basis. Yeah, I'm pretty paranoid sometimes.Is there any way I can stop these services communicating (either way) on any network that isn't home?
How do I hide/anonymise/defend a computer when on hostile networks?
networking;security;services;privacy