3 Feb
2024
3 Feb
'24
8:28 p.m.
On Sat February 3 2024 10:53:08 William Morder via tde-users wrote:
Another thing I do from time to time is to change my
host name, as I must
share a network with many other people. The administrators of this network
insist on using a ridiculously insecure password, which doubtless could be
cracked by a script kiddie in a few minutes; moreover, the password has
never been changed in at least 7 or 8 years. Myself and others have
recommended changing the password, but nothing happens.
If hackers can get into your local network they can use IP addresses.
They don't need hostnames. Changing your hostname doesn't stop them.
In fact unless you're also changing DNS your machine may be the only
machine that knows its own hostname so changing the hostname is not
even visible to attackers.