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Old 05-07-2012, 10:34 PM   #187
keeska
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What hostname

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So here's a question- have you spoofed his hostname?
Which hostname? The one which the user sets on their machine and which never leaves that machine when using tcp/ip? Or the one which is returned when you send an ip address to to a DNS (name) server?

The hostname is never sent outside of the machine except for some proprietary protocols between machines. Those protocols are not used for web browsing, downloading files, etc. on the internet.

Whatever hostname you set is not relevent to internet traffic.
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