Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 11:02:29 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSDstats Project v2.0 ... Message-ID: <44DA0715.1020507@utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <20060809105404.GC19441@sysadm.stc> References: <20060807003815.C7522@ganymede.hub.org> <20060808102819.GB64879@augusta.de> <20060808153921.V7522@ganymede.hub.org> <44D8EC98.8020801@utdallas.edu> <20060808201359.S7522@ganymede.hub.org> <44D91F02.90107@mawer.org> <20060808212719.L7522@ganymede.hub.org> <20060809072313.GA19441@sysadm.stc> <ef10de9a0608090341l696b6ea3s2187f4b0a9b5fa6e@mail.gmail.com> <20060809105404.GC19441@sysadm.stc>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Igor Robul wrote: >> >> The only down side is it still can be faked, just like everything else. > IP from which connection is made cannot be faked, at least I dont know > how to fake it. So there is at least one "unfakable" part of key. But > there is no real need to keep real IP in database, for privacy reasons > it is better to keep one-way hash in database. > We're using PAT. That means that, when I use a private host to access the internet, I could be on any one of a number of IP addresses. However, I was assuming that Marc is using the IP reported by ifconfig, which *should* be unique for each host, as opposed to the IP that connects to him, which could represent literally thousands of hosts in some cases. -- Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ [-- Attachment #2 --] 0 *H 010 + 0 *H N00AA=e0 *H 010 UUS10U VeriSign, Inc.1<0:U3Class 2 Public Primary Certification Authority - G21:08U1(c) 1998 VeriSign, Inc. - For authorized use only10UVeriSign Trust Network0 990331000000Z 090330235959Z01'0%U The University of Texas System10UVeriSign Trust Network1;09U2Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)991200U)Class 2 CA - OnSite Individual Subscriber1-0+U$The University of Texas at Dallas CA00 *H 0 "zھ6p`0`S/5ɨ)=d}чTxxLIA ҥ~BQNths]1)%c#Dj9FXúKzI#C2 00)U"0 010UPrivateLabel1-1400 `HB0DU =0;09`HE0*0(+
