On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 19:23:26 GMT, Aluxe <aluxelocochon@yahoo.com> wrote:


>Some of the little things, like changing your MAC address,

a.n other utterly pointless measure.

> WPA keys,

See above. Generating a proper wpa key is far more important.

>login,

Causing ridiculous inconvenience. Changing a login does not prevent any
audit trail from being followed. If the TPTB want to figure out WTF you're
upto, a warrant + sniffer at the ISP will do the rest.

>password, and IP address periodically are well known and often advocated.
>
>Why do you think only big security measures are useful?

Changing IP address is categorically *not* a security measure in any way
shape or form.

It is no more a security measure than utilising crapware such as Evidence
Eliminator.

Wasting time and energy changing things which do not need to be changed
will make you less secure in the long run.


What possible threats do you think changing IP address is protecting you
from ?


greg
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