[oclug] Rogers or Bell?

[John Elliott]

On Monday 05 March 2001 11:42, Hazen Valliant-Saunders wrote:

> On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Hazen Valliant-Saunders wrote:
> > 	The case is strong, But I choose rogers for many reasons 1. static IP
> > (Spoof and Hack to my hearts content.),
>
> You can get a static DSL IP from Magma.  And Rogers' IP's are not static;
> I know someone who has had his IP change a couple of times.
>
> Have you ever worked with MAGMA??? (I do every day, and I don't recommend
> it on a regular basis if you wish to keep your sanity) No worse than any
> other ISP though.

I have and they are far easier to deal with than Rogers ever were.


> > 3. Network
> > management (Much easier firewall),
>
> ?? How is the firewall any easier?
>
> 	Have you ever tried setting up a filtering firewall for a dynamic IP with
> IPCHAINS it's a royal pain in the A** you have 3 scripts one (RP-PPPOE) two
> (Monitoring the IP itslef) and three (changeing the IP and re-running the
> firewall) and That is a pain, that no one should have to suffer.
>
Set up to work automagically it is easy.  There are really good resources for 
setting up the IPCHAINS scripts.  In any event Rogers is NOT static IP.  Mine 
has changed twice in the last 4 months.  I use almost the same firewall 
script for my magma connection and my rogers connection. The difference being 
magma is static ip so DHCP rules are not needed. Rogers needs DHCP rules and 
a different interface.

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> 	OH BTW, A recent study conducted by network solutions on portscans showed
> that a good 25% of all portscans originate from the @home network. 
> (ROGERS, EXCITE, ETC ETC)  A good indacation of what all the network
> sys-admins/ Hackers prefer cable over DSL (7 to 10% of all portscans from
> various DSL's ).  The rest if I remember correctly, Were originateing form
> backbones across the globe.  SPOFFING ANYONE??? :)  (BTW 64.x.x.x is a good
> place to start)

Don't confuse "script kiddies" with the rest of the world :)


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