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[afnog] disclosure of network information



hi.
i was looking at the headers of mail on this list and it apparently shows the internal ip addresses of some posters, from their mailer, one can deduce the operating system of their workstation
see below.

Received: from vaio ([192.168.1.4] helo=cmusisi-IBM.uol.co.ug) by nemesis.eahd.or.ug with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19sLeU-0000Fz-5y for afnog at afnog.org; Thu, 28 Aug 2003 15:13:22 +0300
Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20030828143528.02439708 at 192.168.1.251>
X-Sender: cmusisi at 192.168.1.251

just wondering if this information shouldnt be hidden.

g00gler.
my motto is : get rich or go down trying.


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