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> For security reasons, I’d much prefer to get them without one (I disable the interface and firewall it 100% anyway), but it’s not an option to get a virtual machine without the public IPv4 address.

I agree and hopefully without leaking anything: This is also an request within their customer forum [1].

[1] https://forum.hetzner.com/index.php?thread/28220/&postID=277...

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You don't leak anything as the link doesn't seem to be accessible publicly (at least for me).

But it also feels kind of strange to me, that they complain about IPv4 shortage while still handing them out with each VPS instance despite a lot of users actually don't need or even don't want to have them. There should be an option, or even a small fee for a public IPv4 on cloud servers.

> You don't leak anything as the link doesn't seem to be accessible publicly (at least for me).

Yes, the forum requires registration and is open for customers only. That's why I said that I hope I don't leak anything (by saying that this topic was discussed in their (private) forum).

Sorry, got it now. As I am a customer I will get an account an have a look. Thanks!

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