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Samson:
No difference in security between static or dynamic if you have a decent firewall and security setup. The advantage to you in getting an unblacklisted static IP address (possibly free) from your ISP is self-explanatory.
jraju:
Hi, The tech guy warns me not to get static ip address. They say targeting static ip is easy than targeting dynamic.
Ofcourse, they sell static, ip address only to be targeted easily by the arrow ers.
Samson:
--- Quote from: jraju on February 29, 2016, 09:01:17 pm ---Hi, The tech guy warns me not to get static ip address. They say targeting static ip is easy than targeting dynamic.
Ofcourse, they sell static, ip address only to be targeted easily by the arrow ers.
--- End quote ---
"Unfortunately this is a misconception, you are just as likely to be targeted by a wanabee hacker if you are on a dynamic IP. They get hold of an ISP's range of IP's and scan all IP's within that range looking for a vulnerable machine."
Full article here.... http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/staticIP.htm
I have a dynamic Ip address from my ISP, but this has remained constant for nearly 3 months, so effectively it is a short term static address :wink: No problems, the usual port scan attempts from the usual suspects, the PLA, our friends in Virginia etc...But a strong firewall and security keeps 'em out.
jraju:
Hi, Please see this
re there any disadvantages?
While the benefits do outweigh the problems of having a static IP address, a few issues should be noted:
Hacker risk - Having the same IP address all the time means that once hackers have your number they can keep on attacking. Dynamic addresses change all the time making it more difficult to get into your PC. However, using a router and firewall will help to block access to your computer.
Keeping your connection running - If you're using your PC as a server to run a website, receive emails, run an FTP site or a gaming server, you need to make sure that it's on all the time. Any time it isn't connected to the internet will result in lost access to sites running from your server.
FTP security - If your clients are downloading sensitive or confidential files from your FTP site, you need to consider the security issues as files and passwords are in clear text and easier hack.
Samson:
The real point here is that a dynamic IP is not working for you.
You are paying for the sins of previous users when you get a dynamic IP that has been blacklisted. I just offered a possible solution of using a non blacklisted static IP, or you could go the proxy route, or you can just hope that when your dynamic IP is renewed that you get a clean non blacklisted one, but you won't know that until you try it out (and then maybe find it another blacklisted one.
If you find that you have a "good" one, you can set your router to "keep Alive" the connection (I do this, hence my dynamic IP has remained constant for ages), so that you will keep the same IP regardless of logging off/ on to your PC.
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