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Wow - well thanks for the concern but honestly I'm just not worried. I'm not
responsible for what other people do and anyway I've done this for years and never
had a problem.
Still hoping for some suggestions on monitoring!
--- On Fri, 17/4/09, Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [LUG] Help controlling network
> To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Friday, 17 April, 2009, 11:16 AM
> Steph Foster wrote:
> > Yep , absolutely right.
> >
> > What if someone uses your connection to perform a hack
> attack or a DDos
> > attack ?
> >
> > It all traces back to your IP
> >
> > It would take time and trouble to persuade the
> authorities it wasn't you
> >
> > Steph
> >
> >
> I'd agree, I was caught out due to a friend who was staying
> with me
> connecting his laptop up to my wireless network.
> Turns out he was
> sharing some dodgy pirate copies and I got a notification
> from my ISP.
> The only way I share my wireless now is through BT FON
> which uses a
> separate IP address and you have to be registered with BT
> to use it so
> if anyone does use it for anything dodgy then it gets
> traced back to the
> registered user. If you really did still want to
> share your connection
> I'd suggest putting in a separate firewall box (maybe IP
> Cop or
> something) that can create a separate network for wireless
> connections
> although to be honest, these days 3G modems are so cheap as
> is Wifi
> access through official wireless access points (BT OpenZone
> etc).
>
> Rob
>
>
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