[PATCH 1012/1012] Support for unicode interface names: only '%', ':' and '/' must be avoided

[Jordan Glover]

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On August 25, 2018 5:50 PM, Jorge AC <jorgeanton at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you for checking my regex with the kernel code lines :-)
>
> Definetly is insanity what drives me, I enjoy naming interfaces with
> unicodes like ☢.
>
> Nevertheless, thinking about a legit use, it could be a nice gesture
> for those non-latin1 people who wants to use their language.
>

Wireguard aims to be simple and secure. The name of device is used to
identify it, not to make a gestures to anyone. All wg/wg-quick commands
are in latin (english). I don't see much benefit of executing commands
like 'wg showconf ☢' instead of 'wg showconf abc123' other than someone's
egoistic pleasure.

Jordan