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Re: hostname

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On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 01:48:32PM +1300, Richard Hector wrote:
> On 20/02/18 05:32, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> I haven't been following the thread, but to be fair hostnames could
> sometimes contain info that you might not want to spread around
> unnecessarily. Eg "pg1-linode-tx" might be a useful hostname for your
> first Texas DB VM, but you might not want to reveal that much info to
> the whole world.

Then don't choose that hostname.  That's the entire point I'm trying
to make.  In Debian, you get to choose what your hostname is.  If you
want it to be as meaningless as possible, use something like pwgen to
generate a random string for you.

Why this is even being *discussed* is beyond me.  I still don't understand
the OP's rants.  Maybe it's a Windows-user thing?

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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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