.... hardware, NAT, iptables - all a bit much for a simple HVAC/R guy. But
what I want to do is mask my IP. So, what direction should I go to
determine howto spoof my static IP?
--
oNb
Yeah, whatever ...
Another happy Linux user - # 276084.

On 2005-04-15, oldNbald <prefer.privacy@home.okay?> wrote:
> ... hardware, NAT, iptables - all a bit much for a simple HVAC/R guy. But
> what I want to do is mask my IP. So, what direction should I go to
> determine howto spoof my static IP?


Mask it from what?
Spoof who?

Question does not make much sense to me. What exactly are you
trying to accomplish?

For me, the only reason for paying the premium for a static ip
address is because you want people to have the address (like
you are running a server)

If you are just looking to protect your computer from the big
bad internet, then you probably want a hardware firewall as
a gateway, and possibly intrusion detection on your systems
inside the firewall.

If you are trying to communicate with others without being
observed, you may want ssl/ssh, or some anonymizing protocol
like tor or freenet.

Lee Harr wrote:
> oldNbald wrote:
>
>>... hardware, NAT, iptables - all a bit much for a simple HVAC/R guy. But
>>what I want to do is mask my IP. So, what direction should I go to
>>determine howto spoof my static IP?
>
> Mask it from what?
> Spoof who?
>
> Question does not make much sense to me. What exactly are you
> trying to accomplish?

Sounds to me like he's wanting to launch an anonymous attack :P

--
Ben M.

And so, Ben Measures just had to say on Friday 15 April 2005 17:13 ...

> Sounds to me like he's wanting to launch an anonymous attack :P
>

Hey guys. Well, whenever I go to one of those "check your firewall" websites
there is a remark that "your IP is visible to the world" - and that's "bad".
So, being an HVAC guy, and not an IT dude, I figured I should do something
to 'anonymize'. Or, have I been duped?
--
oNb
Yeah, whatever ...
Another happy Linux user - # 276084.

oldNbald wrote:
> Ben Measures wrote:
>
>>Sounds to me like he's wanting to launch an anonymous attack :P
>
> Hey guys. Well, whenever I go to one of those "check your firewall" websites
> there is a remark that "your IP is visible to the world" - and that's "bad".
> So, being an HVAC guy, and not an IT dude, I figured I should do something
> to 'anonymize'. Or, have I been duped?

A 'visible' IP is virtually inconsequential for security but it might be
bad for your privacy.

Attacks generally happen at random, and are impersonal. Everything with
an IP address is a target, since targets are chosen by generating IP
addresses. To minimise the chances of an attack from the internet
succeeding, you can get a firewall /computer/ and assign it your
internet IP address, so that it becomes the target.

Regarding your privacy, websites may log your IP address when you
connect. If you have a static IP, this can be a fairly reliable log of
your useage of that particular site. If you're worried about IP logging,
find a proxy (however this isn't without it's own privacy concerns).

Myself, I have a firewall computer, and am not concerned about the
logging of my IP address. Tbh, I'd be more concerned with the proxy
potentially "listening in" to all of my communication, than the useage
statistics gained from logging my IP.

Hth,
--
Ben M.

And so, Ben Measures just had to say on Saturday 16 April 2005 22:24 ...

> A 'visible' IP is virtually inconsequential for security but it might be
> bad for your privacy.

It's about privacy - even though I don't do or go anywhere to be ashamed
off ... yes, it's an issue of trying to *protect* my ever-shrinking
privacy.
--
oNb
Yeah, whatever ...
Another happy Linux user - # 276084.

On 2005-04-15, Ben Measures <saint_abroadremove@removehotmail.com> wrote:
> Lee Harr wrote:
>> oldNbald wrote:
>>
>>>... hardware, NAT, iptables - all a bit much for a simple HVAC/R guy. But
>>>what I want to do is mask my IP. So, what direction should I go to
>>>determine howto spoof my static IP?
>>
>> Mask it from what?
>> Spoof who?
>>
>> Question does not make much sense to me. What exactly are you
>> trying to accomplish?
>
> Sounds to me like he's wanting to launch an anonymous attack :P
>


Hm. Never even occurred to me. Guess my evil-fu is weak.