"Aluxe" <aluxelocochon@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 19:09:21 +0100, Greg Hennessy wrote:
> >>As an added measure of privacy & security, I like to change my IP
address
> >>approximately two or three times a week.
> >
> > A pointless waste of time and effort, giving you neither privacy or
> > security.
>
> All security is pointless if you think your way.
> There are big things you can do to raise security and little things.

Getting a different ip address every couple of hours is not one of them.
A decent firewall is all you need, and zone alarm has a free one for home
use.
If you are more concerned about being annoymous on the internet, check into
proxy connections to the internet.
You can do a google on anonymous browsing or related search and find all
kind of proxy servers.
>
> Big things are obvious (like locking your car doors or not doing personal
> email at work).
>
> But, little security measures add up too.
>
> Each little thing (like rolling up your windows or like driving a
different
> way to work each day) helps turn off the bad guy who is looking for an
easy
> steal.
>
> Some of the little things, like changing your MAC address, WPA keys,
login,
> password, and IP address periodically are well known and often advocated.

I have not seen where people have advocated changing their mac addresses or
ip addresses is a good security practice.
I have seen spammers, mass mailers, and other unsavory characters use those
techniques to try to hide.