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I could change my email address fairly easy (not so easy for all my
recipients), and if my IP address becomes compromised I would like to be able
to do the same. Even as part of regular system maintenance, housecleaning and
problem prevention. The firewalls work but, just one Bit torrent session can
expose your system and IP to thousands of potential "evil doers" (if I may
quote George Bush).
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What do you mean "IP address becomes compromised"?!
This security discussion could be an interesting exercise if you would tell us
what it is exactly that concerns you - what it is you are trying to accomplish,
then we could discuss ways to accomplish those things, if they are possible.
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Just like an email address becomes compromised when it gets into many SPAMMERS
hands, a known IP address can make you a target, although I understand that
random probes and attacks are likely and turned away by my firewall(s) daily.
I'm all for making things difficult for people who SPAM or try to bust into
people'systems. I know refreshing an IP will not stop such things but it is
still one more layer of protection, making any such attacks random. Call that
silly, ...whatever. If your same IP address is logged everytime then it's a no
brainer to be targeted by it. That's all. Changing it every so often makes
tracking your every internet move more difficult.
AB
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