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Message-ID: <1084378130.467.20.camel@localhost> From: frank at knobbe.us (Frank Knobbe) Subject: Calcuating Loss On Wed, 2004-05-12 at 10:56, Schmidt, Michael R. wrote: > Well one of the biggest issues that allows people to remain anonymous > is DHCP. If everyone on the internet was required to get a static IP > address, or to log which IP they were using - using a secure > technology then everyone could be tracked, Wrong again. As you said, dial-in users can be traced by phone number (unless they hop through hacked PBXes). Cable users can be traced by MAC address, DSL providers probably by switch port and/or MAC. "Your" ISP can track you from IP to MAC or dial-in port to your credentials. But if you jump through 20 open proxies, the person/site that you are attacking will have a hard time finding you (and your IP address). So in essence, the biggest issue that allows people to remain anonymous are open proxies and zombie PCs. And I don't think we'll ever get rid of those. Regards, Frank -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 187 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/attachments/20040512/67c7fdfd/attachment.bin
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