Re: new topic-professional hacking tecniques

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb () research att com>]

In message <007901bf255e$5ecfe660$1753f4cc@reidfox>, "REID FOX" writes:

> On a cable system where they are assigned a static IP and when their system
> will tend to be online more often however you may trace directly to their
> "parents" PC .
> Therefore it may be possible to resolve the problem directly without even
> bothering to notify ISP's who im sure have better things to do.
> Basically my statement says there are certain advantages to a static IP
> system over a dynamicly assighned IP system for non-spoofing hackers.
> So in some cases this may be easier than dealing with an ISP and his IP pool
> who has better things to do.
First, don't assume that all cable systems assign static IP addresses -- some 
don't.  Some even use NAT, so that you can only reach someone more or less 
contemporaneously with the time they're annoying you.

Besides -- what can you do to them that is legal and ethical?

                --Steve Bellovin