Re: hostname
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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