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osted Many widespread internet protocols were written at a time when internet security wasn’t much of a consideration. From things like lack of From address verification in email to NTP reflection there are lots of protocols that are now considered badly designed.

From things like lack of From address verification in email to NTP reflection there are lots of protocols that are now considered badly designed. I don’t think the average user should need to care how their networking works, but due to issues with the protocol many people are aware that their IP is sensitive information and that they need to protect it. (If the address is publicly known they can likely probe this by making connections and comparing traffic, but I’ll consider that out of scope of this feature.)

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