On Wed, 23 Sep 2026 11:09:42 -0700 Ron via linux <linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org> wrote: > Dianne Skoll via linux wrote on 2026-09-23 06:31: > > And there are a million other ways to find out your IP, not the > > least looking at server logs if you happen to visit a government > > website. > Tying a specific visitor to an email header IP would take a lot more > effort if the ISP-assigned IP is stripped from the headers. If you are *logged in* to said website, which I do on a semi-regular basis (CRA, ServiceOntario, etc.) they know who you are. > Again, pretty much agreeing with you on all points but at least I'm a > wee bit more protected from DDoS when that originating IP is stripped > out. And, I learned something doing it and that's the real bonus. OK! I guess I took a different approach and set up VPN tunnels between my home and my OVH virtual server instance, so the only IPs revealed are non-routable except for the actual OVH server's IP. Regards, Dianne. P.S: I think there are companies who look at server logs to obtain IP address lists. I recently enabled IPv6 and I've had a few probes on a couple of my IPv6 addresses, which would be extremely difficult to just guess. A bunch of the probes seem to come from https://help.coalitioninc.com/hc/en-us/articles/48928737389979-What-the-BinaryEdge-scanner-does-and-why-Coalition-may-scan-your-internet-facing-systems To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org