RE: Calcuating Loss

[Frank Knobbe <frank () knobbe us>]

On Wed, 2004-05-12 at 10:56, Schmidt, Michael R. wrote:
> Well one of the biggest issues that allows people to remain anonymous
> is DHCP.  If everyone on the internet was required to get a static IP
> address, or to log which IP they were using - using a secure
> technology then everyone could be tracked,

Wrong again. As you said, dial-in users can be traced by phone number
(unless they hop through hacked PBXes). Cable users can be traced by MAC
address, DSL providers probably by switch port and/or MAC.

"Your" ISP can track you from IP to MAC or dial-in port to your
credentials. But if you jump through 20 open proxies, the person/site
that you are attacking will have a hard time finding you (and your IP
address). 

So in essence, the biggest issue that allows people to remain anonymous
are open proxies and zombie PCs. And I don't think we'll ever get rid of
those.

Regards,
Frank

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