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Re: nft newbie



On 7/12/22 05:36, Gareth Evans wrote:
On Tue 12 Jul 2022, at 10:19, Maximiliano Estudies <maxiestudies@gmail.com> wrote:
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Why is it best practice?  Is there any security advantage over rejection?

Thanks,
Gareth

Absolutely. reject sends a msg back to the hacker that there is a machine
at that address.
drop sends nothing back so he'll go looking for an easier target

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