From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 17 03:09:28 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E71016A4CE for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2005 03:09:28 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mxsf20.cluster1.charter.net (mxsf20.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D679743D1D for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2005 03:09:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from c0ldbyte@myrealbox.com) Received: from mxip06.cluster1.charter.net (mxip06a.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.136])j1H39QGC003526 for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2005 22:09:26 -0500 Received: from 24.247.253.134.gha.mi.chartermi.net (HELO eleanor.us1.wmi.uvac.net) (24.247.253.134) by mxip06.cluster1.charter.net with ESMTP; 16 Feb 2005 22:09:27 -0500 X-Ironport-AV: i="3.90,92,1107752400"; d="scan'208"; a="606734243:sNHT15902564" Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 22:09:27 -0500 (EST) From: c0ldbyte To: Andrew Heyn In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20050216220903.D27764@eleanor.us1.wmi.uvac.net> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: paranoia X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 03:09:28 -0000 On Wed, 16 Feb 2005, Andrew Heyn wrote: > Here's an on/off topic question i've been wondering about forever... > > > I always see people replace their IPs with fake replacements. > Is this paranoia really warranted? Why not disconnect the cat5 if you want > to do this? > > Or am I not seeing things the right way? > GAL == Get a life/.\