beating about the bush (not)

[bmanning () vacation karoshi com]

 I'm in favor of the following:

        Honesty.  Publish what you have.
 
 
 If you must, lie. Publish an version that "blends" with the prevaling 
        landscape if you must. Such behaviour is wrong and may lead 
        to further probes since the reported version and the server behaviour 
        don;t jibe.
 I'm never in favor of "boasts" or "taunts". That is tantamount to asking for
        further investigation.
 Blocking queries leads to a false sense of security. Someone will figure out
        what your running anyway.
 
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> Bill - just a quick question about your post today (pasted below).  You're
> hinting at what might be a more prudent thing to do, but I'm not getting the
> hint.
>
> Would you rather deny the version.bind query, give an intriguing answer
> (e.g. "bad-ass-bind"), an intentionally misleading answer (e.g. 4.8.1 or
> 9.5.6), or what?
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