"Dana" <raff242@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "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.

Take a look at these links

http://www.the-cloak.com/anonymous-surfing-home.html
http://proxify.com/
http://www.pcmesh.com/surf-anonymous.htm
http://www.megaproxy.com/
http://www.searchlores.org/anonyweb.htm
http://www.idzap.com/
> >
> > 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.
>
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