[NCLUG] A question about a web server and broadband.

[Sean Roberts]

On Wednesday February 20 2002 1:38pm, Michael Dwyer wrote:

> For what it is worth, the DHCP protocol allows you to hold your address,
> pretty much forever, simply by always returning a ping.  So long as you
> return a ping, that address cannot be handed out to someone else.  So,
> people with Linux firewalls that are up 24/7 are probably much more
> immune to the DHCP problem than those who turn their computers off
> overnight.

Is it the DHCP server that would ping you?

I try to keep my firewall rules pretty tight and that includes not allowing 
anyone but a select couple of computers to ping me.  Should I open up ping to 
my DHCP server too?


Sean Roberts