The Sunday 2005-05-22 at 15:18 +0300, NSK wrote:
If Google or Yahoo disallowed access from DHCP/Dynamic IPs, I would find another search engine and webmail.
I read that at least one of the main ISPs here is using a transparent proxy to reduce their traffic on the external links (international, I suppose). The snag is that an awful lot of traffic appears to be coming from the same IP, and it can be banned. It has happened with some of these big sites, search engines, etc.
DHCP/Dynamic IP the only IP we can get here without paying extra Euro; static IPs may cost much more than dynamic.
If IP v6 were in general use, all IPs could be fixed for the same price. ISPs could assign an IP to a client or to a phone number, and make identification easier. After all, fighting spam depends a lot on traceability. In fact, in Spain, dynamic IPs can be traced to the phone that made the connection, but you probably need a court order to get that info. And yes, the courts are acting against some spammers, but sometimes getting it all wrong: I read in the news paper about a businessman being sued because he sent an email to half a dozen people, and one of them said it was unsolicited email and sued him (the mail addresses were printed on business cards exchanged at a business fair). Weird. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson