Well, for one thing, dynamic IP addresses are very useful for system
administrators of medium to huge networks. Maintaining static IP
addresses for a large network can be time consuming, even with
automation scripts. Secondly, I think [correct me if I'm wrong] Gerald
was trying to imply that a dynamic address could be useful against
attacks on a single IP address.

Which brings up an interesting question. Can a DHCP server re-assign an
IP address to a currently connected device, without that device having
to bring networking down and back up? This would be a useful tool to be
used in combination with a firewall.

Brian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marvin Bellamy [mailto:Marvin.Bellamy@innovision.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 9:28 AM
> To: Gerald Combs
> Cc: kclug@kclug.org
> Subject: Re: OT-Re: test post
> 
> 
> Not at all being a smart ass, but when?  I've run into some 
> very useful 
> commands that are unfortunately not smart to expose in the 
> spammer era 
> (SMTP VRFY for example)...
> 
> Gerald Combs wrote:
> 
> >Sometimes a dynamic address can be a good and useful thing:
> >
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> >
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