%% You should probably cite rfc8117 instead of this I-D. @techreport{ietf-intarea-hostname-practice-00, number = {draft-ietf-intarea-hostname-practice-00}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-intarea-hostname-practice/00/}, author = {Christian Huitema and Dave Thaler}, title = {{Current Hostname Practice Considered Harmful}}, pagetotal = 9, year = 2015, month = oct, day = 14, 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.}, }