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On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 18:21 +0100, Simon Waters wrote: > Viv wrote: > > > > Also, excuse my ignorance, but, what are the benefits of having a static > > IP ? > > So one can provide services to others. > > The common case is one wants to run ones own email or web server, which > one can't (sensibly) do from a dynamic IP address, because no one will > know where to send the email or point the web browser. > > Some folk use dynamic DNS services to try and do this sort of thing with > dynamic IP addresses, but for the reliability most folks want from > email, that isn't usually a good idea. > > Beyond that we find it useful at work to restrict access to SSH to known > IP addresses, so that we get slightly less rubbish in the log files. > > The downside is your on-line activities are easier to track, since they > always come from the same IP address. > Thanks very much for the info Simon. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html