Old Fart wrote:

> On 18 Jun 2007 01:32:05 GMT, you wrote:
>
>>oldfart@yahoo.moc (Old Fart) wrote in
>>news:4675b730.22287671@news.west.earthlink.net :
>>
>>> I'm an old fart late to moving to DSL from dialup, where I've been
>>> fond of my dynamic IP for various reasons.
>>>
>>> What's the best way with DSL to approximate the daily or hourly
>>> changing Internet address of a legacy dynamic IP?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Old Fart
>>
>>
>>Changing IP is not an end in itself - or at least it shouldn't be.
>>
>>What are you trying to accomplish? To whom do you wish your IP to appear
>>different?
>
>
>> Or, as is more likely, do you merely wish to prevent an
>>association between a particualr IP traceable to you and particular net
>>activities?
>
> Exactly, and the anonymity of a dynamic IP is really all I was after, but
> it sounds as if I may be forced into what for me would be the overkill of a
> proxy.

I think that's Nemo's point, that a dynamic IP address is no anonymity at
all. Your ISP has a detailed record of which IP's you've been assigned,
and on the other end it's obvious that you're still the same person
because the IP pool just isn't that large. Your machine has it's own set
of fingerprints, some natural like protocol header and the way your
network stack responds to certain conditions, some devised like cookies,
web bugs, and various content trickery.

You're not really gaining anything at all by forcing your IP to change,
and it may even piss off your ISP if some anal admin takes exception to
whatever method you use to try and force an unscheduled change.

>>Yes, there are ways - with some ISPs - to get them to assign a new IP by
>>pulling various tricks. But before beating your brains out trying to push
>>on a string (since assigning an IP is ultimately up to your ISP, not you)
>>ask your self what you are really trying to do.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>PS I'm another old fart: 62 and counting :-)
>>
>>