RE: AS/400 as a DHCP client?

["Allen, Stuart" <sallen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James W. Kilgore [SMTP:eMail@James-W-Kilgore.com]
> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 4:59 AM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: AS/400 as a DHCP client?
> 
> 
> David,
> 
> I might be a bit confused about internet connections, but AFAIK, unless
> you have a static IP address, each time you connect it changes.
> 
> I agree that there is an exposure risk, but if each time I connect I am
> assigned a new IP address, it would be a fluke that a hacker IP address
> cruncher happen to hit upon mine on any given day.
> 
> Basically I'm a moving target.
        <endsnip>


James, 
I use a personal firewall on my home PC for when i'm online (I use Blackice,
but there are various ones).  Depending on which ISP i use (i use several) i
can get port scanned between once a week and several times a day.  I too
have dynamically assigned IP addresses.
You may be a moving target, but hackers use scatterguns.

Regards,
Stuart
                                     
Stuart Allen
European Systems Analyst
Fellowes

mailto:sallen@fellowes.com


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