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> People aren't using static ips for authentication purposes

Lol. Of course they do. In fact, it's the only viable way to authenticate servers in Current Year. Unlike ssh host keys, of which literally nobody on this planet takes seriously, or https certificates which is just make-work security theater.



Now this is an interesting take - I can’t tell if you are being serious


I am serious. Have you ever done infrastructure work? The big and serious guys all use IP whitelists. Look at how email actually works, for example.




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