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	Hi.

On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 11:32:46AM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 04:23:53PM -0000, bolakim53@mail2tor.com wrote:
> > 		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.
> 
> What on EARTH are you talking about now?
> 
> You appear to be concerned that your hostname contains secret information,
> and that having your hostname "leaked" to the rest of the world will be
> an issue for you?
> 
> If that's the case, try not putting secret information into your
> hostname.  E.g. naming your machine my_mothers_maiden_name_is_johnson
> might be a bad idea.

It is a bad idea regardless of information disclosure as it violates RFC
1123.


> Hope this helps.
> 
> P.S. Your text formatting is quite difficult to read.  Please separate
> your lines from the quoted lines with a blank line, and please do not
> indent your lines.

OP's using SquirrelMail, which is known to produce pure gibberish
instead of coherent text.

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Re: hostname bolakim53@mail2tor.com - 2018-02-18 17:50 +0100
  Re: hostname Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-02-19 17:40 +0100
    Re: hostname Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-02-19 18:00 +0100
    Re: hostname Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2018-02-21 01:50 +0100
      Re: hostname Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-02-21 15:10 +0100
        Re: hostname Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-02-21 15:50 +0100
        Re: hostname David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-03-31 11:00 +0200
          Re: hostname john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-04-03 08:40 +0200
            Re: hostname David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-04-03 17:40 +0200

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