[Outages-discussion] [outages] DHCP being dropped by Lumen?

[David Conrad]

On Jun 10, 2022, at 12:58 PM, Blake Hudson <blake at ispn.net> wrote:
> Why would one add VPN endpoints that will act as another point of failure?

You might look at the rationales for DNS over TLS and DNS over HTTPS.

> One's MAC address and IP address are not exactly the most sensitive info.

Exposure of MAC addresses led to IPv6 privacy extensions.  IP addresses have, in certain circumstances, been declared personally identifying information by courts in the EU.  Not sure if either of these apply in this context, however I suspect you’ll be surprised to learn what privacy advocates consider sensitive.

Regards,
-drc

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