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terminology confusion : there are so many configuration & choices that it
is bit out of scope.
e.g on a lan or a mesh network.



> is my hostname transmitted as soon as i am connected ?

	>>>> if you are operating under the assumption that your hostname is
being broadcast to the entire network so that your peers can open
your shares, well, that's not a thing in Linux-world.
	>>>> That's only a thing in Windows-world.
	>>>> linux/Unix hostname resolution is only done by consulting respected
services, not by everyone announcing themselves in broadcast mode.

		*so the hostname is not shared & not transmitted *blindly.

	>>>> If you use a DHCP client, then probably it is sent by the DHCP
client to the DHCP server whenever it's time to get a new IP
address.
	>>>> This will occur when you boot, and whenever your IP address lease
expires.

	 	*the response was exactly that i asked.

		In fact the topic came from an old article about the threat to be
hacked/targeted : backdoor & hostname_nsa tool.
		Anyway the new equipment/hardware could solve all these 'confusion' in a
near future by simplifying the terminology and perhaps implementing
officially backdoors (software too ? on the tor blog someone asked the
question - no response). i wonder if the 'independent' dns will be
"allowed" but it is another story.


o-t
 	>>>>Well there is a heavy brainwash in Europe regarding guns in the US,
but some
of us know very well where the real problem is.
		* i do not think so : the mutual non-comprehension became a crime.

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