103623 - Possibility to hide IP adres from the message header

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(MailNews Core :: Networking: NNTP, enhancement)

Description

[Eric de Redelijkheid]

When you open the message source of a message in a newsgroup, you see a
NNTP-Posting-Host with the IP adres of the sender.

Recently I got an ADSL connection with a fixed IP-adres. I noticed several times
(400+ times in a view minutes) that people try to scan for open TCP ports on my
computer. Obviously they got my IP address from this message headers. This would
not have been a problem with a DHCP-assigned address, but it is with a fixed IP
address.

My request would be to have a possibility to either hide the IP address or
change it to something like 127.0.0.1

Comment 1

[bugzilla]

Cannot be done by Mozilla.

The NNTP-Posting-Host is added by the server. There is nothing that Mozilla can
do to prevent the server from adding this header.

Note: some paid newsservers hide the NNTP-Posting-Host.

Comment 2

[Håkan Waara]

Indeed, there is nothing we can do and nothing that other email clients do.
Maybe you should talk to your ISP (to request a dynamic IP) or try to install
some software that will prevent your computer from attacks.

Clearly, it's not a bug in Mozilla and hence it should be marked wontfix.  Seth?

Comment 3

[[e-mail] (gone - use [e-mail] instead)]

Seth or someone else can correct this resolution if they feel it's injust.

Comment 4

[[e-mail] (gone - use [e-mail] instead)]

Verified, then.