With my ISP (GTE / Verizon), if you pay extra you get a permanent IP
address which would make the web/mail server practical. This is what they
want businesses to buy. In my case DHCP generally assigns me the same IP
address every time, and when my family use the link I can then access the
home intranet web server from work, log in (using ssh), etc, but the
address is not guaranteed and I can't point my friends at the home server.
This ISP does include 5 Mb of disc storage for web pages, and five
mailboxes accessible via POP, in the basic price. I think that's pretty
standard in the Southern California area.
With diald, the effect for people at home is almost indistinguishable from
true "always on" service, whereas outside hackers get much poorer access to
my system. Yes, I have the IPchains configured aggressively, but I make
the assumption that I haven't closed the holes I don't know about.
James F. Carter Voice 310 825 2897 FAX 310 206 6673
UCLA-Mathnet; 6115 MSA; 405 Hilgard Ave.; Los Angeles, CA, USA 90095-1555
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On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, Dietz, Don wrote:
> Most folks, I suspect, would NOT desire to disconnect from such a nice fast
> pipe
> that DSL provides since they are paying for it to be there all of the time,
> whether
> they use it or not. I would expect that the majority of folks would, or
> should, spend
> some time hardening their systems with IPchains, and the put up their own
> web site,
> and maybe even their own mail server. Only makes sense...IMHO.
>
> Don Dietz
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