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Basically, make everything easier for script kiddies by decreasing the amount of time they take to scan a host for the vulnerability. Weighting the pros and cons... the cons completely crush this idea.

You can already run a script that does the test in mere milliseconds. Whatever else the merits of this proposal, don't pretend avoiding it keeps you safer.

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