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07/17/09 07:26
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#167460 - Administrative costs for ISP
Responding to: ???'s previous message
One reason for an ISP to regularly change IP numbers is to save money. If they get a police request regarding a crime, they will then be able to say that "sorry, but we don't know who used that IP at that specific time".

Another common tip spread between the ISPs in some countries is to run very short logs, and to make sure that the logs are not backed up. That will make sure that the ISP will not have to spend many hours of work to retrieve all log backups when requested. Then can do a quick grep through their 48-hour log and email back the few matching lines they found. Problem solved in minutes instead of hours.

In some countries, the above isn't allowed, in which case it is cheaper for the ISP to keep the IP fixed, to make it easier for them when it gets time to extract the logs for one of their customers.

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TopicAuthorDate
Home automation over internet            01/01/70 00:00      
   Too many bells and whistles.            01/01/70 00:00      
      I'm not sure if I'm being helpful            01/01/70 00:00      
         Internet was specifically stated            01/01/70 00:00      
   Building insurances often forbid this!            01/01/70 00:00      
      Perhaps they allow the commercially available products            01/01/70 00:00      
      Not here            01/01/70 00:00      
         No problem in Sweden            01/01/70 00:00      
         Why should it be excluded ?            01/01/70 00:00      
            Insurance company looks at use, not technology            01/01/70 00:00      
            Making it more clear            01/01/70 00:00      
               Multi-tier solution            01/01/70 00:00      
               from what connections?            01/01/70 00:00      
            Na            01/01/70 00:00      
               Well, they don't put it explicitely...            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Nothing new there then            01/01/70 00:00      
            Chimney sweepers in Germany            01/01/70 00:00      
               3 Methods            01/01/70 00:00      
                  dyndns sometimes an alternative            01/01/70 00:00      
                     re: dyndns            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Only for public addresses?            01/01/70 00:00      
                           I can easily do it without this service            01/01/70 00:00      
                              with IPv6            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 Irrelevant            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    re Irrelevant            01/01/70 00:00      
                              Two things            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 dynamic DNS            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 dynDNS            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    in practice, that address rarely, if ever, changes            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       Administrative costs for ISP            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    DynDNS hardware            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Other Dynamic DNS Providers are available            01/01/70 00:00      
                  I am interested            01/01/70 00:00      
                     DynDNS quite simple            01/01/70 00:00      
                        But. Westermark            01/01/70 00:00      
                           I found the service            01/01/70 00:00      
                              Google is your friend            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 2 ways, Westermark            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    A private DNS is normally still chained to official DNS tree            01/01/70 00:00      
                              The specs are here            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 Method            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    My earlier request ....            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       Details            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          I can get the PDF sent to you            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          How to buy it ?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                             With low budget            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                Maybe I will try            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                Neccessity is the mother of self-design!            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                   Rickyworld            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                      You are right            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                         How about something like this/            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                            What the doctor ordered            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                               Neat isn't it ?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                                  By Royal Mail            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                                     here's cheap one            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                               did Raghu consider?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                                  Go dedicated            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                                     but for far side of the world            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                                        Resistor?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                                           old one            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                                  Rickey world            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          Waiting for Raj !            01/01/70 00:00      
                                             Sorry for the delay!            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                No reason to be sorry...            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Tracking the IP            01/01/70 00:00      
            Electric Fire            01/01/70 00:00      
               Electric Fire            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Fake fireplace            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Electric Fire            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Youngsters not knowing about hand saws            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Chainsaw            01/01/70 00:00      
                           I hear a song coming            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Chainsaw            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Chainsaw for the computer literate            01/01/70 00:00      
                        You couldn't program that in ASM...            01/01/70 00:00      
               Showing my age?            01/01/70 00:00      
   something like this?            01/01/70 00:00      
   SMS is probably easier            01/01/70 00:00      
      Don't use a phone!            01/01/70 00:00      

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