Re: Fixed IP per port ?

Roy (garlic@garlic.com)
Wed, 11 Dec 1996 16:31:48 -0800

Of course, there is a possible security hole if the port is
associated to the IP address. If user "A" gets disconnected with
open TCP connections, these can be stolen by user "B" dialing in
on the same port.

Brian Moore wrote:
>
> > > It can not be done. The ComOS does not have he ability to assign an ip
> > > address to a port for dialup connections.
> >
> > This is hilarious... why NOT!?
> >
> > It sure is a whole hell of a lot easier to trace problems this way... Its
> > the way my FreeBSD PPP server works...
>
> Actually, there is, for the customer, an advantage to the way ComOS works.
> Some stacks will remember the last IP granted, and request that on connection.
> Since ComOS tries to save IPs as long as it can, if you get disconnected, dial
> back and request the same IP, as long as you're on the same PM you stand a
> pretty good chance of getting it.
>
> You can then resume FTP'ing or whatever from where you left off, since the
> senders stack will treat it just like a bad case of netlag.