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Re: hostname

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On Wed 21 Feb 2018 at 09:03:41 (-0500), Greg Wooledge wrote:
> 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?

It may simply be that the OP has read RFC 8117.
Section 5 could cause consternation to john doe!
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2018/03/msg01075.html
(And to D Libes, author of RFC 1178.)

Cheers,
David.

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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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