- Fixed IP issues
- Posted by Sue Bennett on November 30th, 2003
Folks,
My exchange becomes BB enabled in a few weeks and I've already signed up
with Plusnet. Counting the days!
One thing that just crossed my mind ... from what I read, I will have a
fixed IP address (or the same one anyway, if not 'fixed').
1. I use a Vigor 2600 router already for ISDN with default firewall
settings - does having a fixed IP mean I could be a victim of anyone
maliciously 'targetting' my IP address? I don't run any web servers ftp or
anything like that.
2. I run several different web sites which operate in the same area (nothing
illegal, immoral or controversial!) but, simply not to divulge my personal
details, I post to different usenet groups using two different nicknames.
Will a fixed IP mean people could identify that the posts came from the same
person?
Cheers,
Sue Bennett (the real one)
- Posted by Chris Jones on November 30th, 2003
Yes, you could be. Chances of it happening are very rare though (I've had
the same IP for 18 months now and no problems), and if it does happen for
some reason you can request a change of IP address.
Yes, they could do if they were so inclined. However, they probably could at
the moment too on dialup, unless you disconnect and reconnect before posting
with the other nick.
- Posted by Tx2 on November 30th, 2003
In article <bqclab$21h258$1@ID-13600.news.uni-berlin.de>,
suebe@freeuk.com, a.k.a Sue Bennett says...
[...]
You would be wise to tell Plusnet to 'disable' (or is it activate?)
reverse DNS lookup on your IP when the account is open so that folks
can't get your username from your posting headers.
Use the "Contact Us" section of their portal to raise a ticket.
- Posted by Pete Smith on November 30th, 2003
In article <bqclab$21h258$1@ID-13600.news.uni-berlin.de>, suebe@freeuk.com
says...
You could still be targeted. If you get a router with a DDOS "filter", this
may help.
Yes, because the posting contains information in the header which shows your
posting.
For example, my postings contain
X-Forwarded: for lethe.plus.com via NNTP Proxy
This means that any post I make from 13th November onwards, will have this
information.
Pete.
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NOTE! Email address is spamtrapped. Any email will be bounced to you
Remove the news and underscore from my address to reply by mail
- Posted by Bat Guano on November 30th, 2003
Sue Bennett wrote:
Yes, unless the news server you post to doesn't add a NNTP-posting-host
(or similar) header.
- Posted by Sue Bennett on November 30th, 2003
"Mike" <duab@clara.co.uk> wrote
Any free ones like these? I use cis.dfn.de which is good but looks like they
show IP. 
S
- Posted by Elf Omega on November 30th, 2003
x-no-archive: yes
Sue Bennett news:bqd5cj$20vmgt$1@ID-13600.news.uni-berlin.de
None I know of.
- Posted by Roderick Stewart on November 30th, 2003
In article <MPG.1a33f18ccd7e54e798a568@news.plus.net>, Pete Smith wrote:
The 2600 has this, but it's switched off by default. Just enter 192.168.1.1 in
your web browser to get to the setup pages, then go to the firewall section.
Go to www.grc.com and pick "Shields Up" for a series of tests to show how
visible your computer is on the net.
Rod.
- Posted by Mike on November 30th, 2003
Sue Bennett wrote:
This one (see headers) is free.
- Posted by Peter Morgan - 0870 432 9631 on December 1st, 2003
On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 22:05, "Mike" <notme@anyisp.ok> wrote:
Free for ongoing use, but isn't there a small ( < $5) signup fee to
check the user has a valid card and address etc details are correct.
- Posted by Bat Guano on December 2nd, 2003
Mike wrote:
From www.teranews.com - * Due to the overwhelming response to our free
account offer and the costs associated with verifying credit card
information we have begun charging a one time setup fee of $3.95. Their
are no reoccurring monthly fees with our 50MB/day package.
