Re: [Tails-dev] Physical Ethernet Adapter

Spencer:
>>> Spencer:
>>> Does Tails natively support external internet adapters?
>>
>> intrigeri:
>> Yes, most of them (USB ones).
>
> Is this limited to either ethernet or wifi?
>
> Some more questions:
>
> How is Tails planning on addressing the lack of built-in ethernet ports,
> now and in the near future?
>
> I ask because I am working on the internet experience, as it relates to
> the startup flow.
>
> Given the ever increasing lack of ethernet ports on devices, and the
> increasing use of Tails as a security distribution, it seems valuable to
> investigate support for ethernet adapters and external wireless cards,
> PCI, USB, Thunderbolt, and so on.
>
> What do you think?

That's pretty much out-of-scope for our project. We rely on whatever is
available in the Linux kernel and Debian firmware packages, so the work
should be done there and it will work in Tails.