On Nov 28, 2005, at 9:00 PM, AB wrote:
Dan responded:
You can use firewall software to make sure your Mac doesn't
>respond at all on certain ports. That's what they mean by
>"stealth". You're there, but your Mac isn't responding to
>unsolicited probes.
Yep, I have Tiger and Linksys set to do that.
I have noticed my cable modem IP address has always been visible
to websites and has never changed in over two years.<<
If you want a new public IP address, that's easy enough.
>Depending on which cable system you use, there are various
>techniques. The easiest is to unplug your cable modem for a
>while, to allow it's DHCP lease to expire.
This does not work on my modem. The IP doesn't change or expire. I
have heard about cloning the MAC address to accomplish this.
Anyone no if this will work?
That is to keep your ISP from messing with you, some ISPs only let
you use a limited number of computers on their service (like, one).
Mostly moot now, I think, but the way around it, if you had hooked up
your desktop directly to the cable modem and "authorized" that MAC
address (ethernet card ID) then you could "clone" the same MAC
address onto your newly-installed router, the ISP would let
connection occur, they would not know that you'd put a new piece of
hardware in (well they can still tell but it would let you connect,
without making a phone call). Nothing to do with cloaking or web
security.
Is there some specific aspect of security that's worrying you?<
No just the whole lack of privacy. For example, I have gone to non-
Mac websites and ads appear for Mac related products because of my
previously tracked surfing and/or my OS and browser info. being
made available.
that has very little to do with your IP address.
It's the whole "Big Brother" thing where my purchases, political
leanings, interests, etc. don,t need to be broadcast and tracked by
strangers. If something can be done to help prevent it then I'm all
for taking whatever measures I need to take.
Maybe quit using Safari, Safari sucks info out of my user setup and I
can't find a way to make it quit. If I am using Safari and go to
certain weather sites, for example, I get matchmaker.com ads for my
city. I've got all the privacy stuff in Safari set to restrict
things, but unless there's a 3rd party util to tweek other settings,
I've decided to assume it leaks stuff that Firefox will not. I've
mostly quit using Safari just because it doesn't work as well on many
sites as FireFox does, anyway. I'm sure someone will post saying
Safari is the bomb, but I have looked at the prefs, and I can't get
as secure-seeming or as stable a browsing experience from it as
FireFox. YMMV. Maybe there's a 3rd part util to tighten it down
further.
Set up Firefox, no cache, no history, no cookies, etc and you'll see
less of those ads. If you want, set FireFox to ID itself as a
Windows IE browser and you'll get Windows ads instead of Mac ones.
Big deal.
And, if you are using excite.com, don't get worried about targeted
ads, that's why excite.com and gmail and google exist-- they look at
what you are typing, what browser you have, what is in your email,
what you have searched for, etc and show you ads based on that. If
you don't like it, use your ISP-provided email with a real email
client, not a web browser. Send a friend on gmail an email including
text like "george bush antichrist quote bible cause chaos" and see
what type of ads he gets :) Flush your cookies and history every
session, and be happy you are messing with "the man" by doing so.
BTW. When does the government iris scanning program begin?
About the same time as the brainwave pattern-matching program, I think.
Also, did you see the research done recently-- a tin foil hat
actually amplifies your brain waves in frequencies that the
government uses, and makes them more readily scanned.
<http://people.csail.mit.edu/rahimi/helmet/>
:)
HTH. You are going to be fine. Perhaps change your browsing habits
a little with regard to webmail, flush stored data, you are already
using a Mac so it is at this time totally unlikely you will get
spyware or adware installed, have fun, sleep at night.
-B
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