Current Hostname Practice Considered Harmful
draft-ietf-intarea-hostname-practice-00
| Document | Type | Expired Internet-Draft (intarea WG) | |
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| Authors | Christian Huitema , Dave Thaler | ||
| Last updated | 2016-04-15 (Latest revision 2015-10-13) | ||
| Stream | Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) | ||
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https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-intarea-hostname-practice-00.txt
Abstract
Giving a hostname to your computer and publishing it as you roam from network to hot spot is the Internet equivalent of walking around with a name tag affixed to your lapel. The practice can significantly compromise your privacy, and should stop. There are several possible remedies, such as fixing a variety of protocols or avoiding disclosing a hostname at all. This document studies another possible remedy, which is to replace the static hostnames by frequently changing randomized values. This idea obviously needs more work.
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