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  • Maybe the news server log doesn't even know what outgoing port I used?

    From Gunther F@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 9 23:00:18 2024
    I'm a user. Not an admin. I care about privacy. This is about that.

    I'm thinking about trying to randomize the outgoing port I use.
    To minimize the chance of fingerprinting (perhaps even by the MITM).

    But maybe the news server doesn't even know what outgoing port I used?
    Maybe they do?

    So here's my basic networking question related to news servers.

    When I post to any given news server using news.server.net:port,
    does the news server log know exactly what port I'm using each time?

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