Re: [Grub-general] ip address

[Jeff S. <jsq...@ls...>]

On Sat, 14 Jul 2001, Lowell Hamilton wrote:

> Won't that limit the client base possibilities though?  If I were a
> dialup, dsl, or @home user (all of which are DHCP assigned addresses
> and you're almost guaranteed not to get the same ip back again) and
> had to log onto a webpage and enter my ip address for this session,
> few people would want to run the client that didn't have a static ip
> (effectively eliminating most of your home userbase).  Some cable/dsl
> providors even time out your ip address after 24 hours so you're
> constantly being reassigned... Maybe if ranges were allowed
> (12.34.45.*) or domain names (*.adsl.isp.com) it would be bearable.

I agree.

Is there a reason that a fixed IP address is required?  Other than
"security"?  Indeed, what if I'm behind my ISP's NAT and even though I
might get a "fixed" IP, it would be a private IP like 192.168.something.

> Perhaps a key or password system would be better.  Log onto the
> website and enter a password, which goes into to the grub.conf.  Or a
> key system where each unique client instance must have a
> server-assigned key put in the conf file, and tracking is done
> server-side blocking the client if a key-id connects from more than 2
> ip addresses in a 6-hour period... and that key is used to encrypt the
> session.

Sure, this would be fine as well.

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On a separate issue, has the randomization and/or user-agent issue been
fixed/implemented yet?  I stopped crawling when someone sent a message
across the list saying that they had gotten cease-and-desist messages.  I
have a DSL line at home, and I have no desire to have C&D messages sent to
my ISP.  Indeed, ISPs are likely to side with C&Ds and just shut off my
service before even checking with me.  I didn't want to take that risk, so
I stopped crawling until some better kind of system was implemented.

Has it been?

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