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I am not sure if any of you have seen this Proposed Bill
This is insane from a technical standpoint.
This bill, says that all ISPs, companies, and HOME USERS with Wireless Internet to retain ALL DHCP logs for two years.
For those that are not technical, this is how it operates, I know it technical....
DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
This is what is does. When you turn your computer on, and windows...macs...linux Operating Systems load, they start looking for an IP address, which is what the Internet runs on. To do this, it loads DHCP, which scans the network its on for a DHCP server.
This server sees this DHCP request from a MAC Address.
A MAC address is a two part Hexidecimal address hard coded on ALL network adapters...those that are used with ethernet cables, and those that are wireless
Now this server, sees this DHCP request from the MAC address, and responds "Here, take this IP Address, DNS setting, etc..." Then it logs, the MAC address and the IP address is handed out.
The device gets that response on what IP address to use, and then the machine uses it. DHCP is great in this aspect.
Now....
The bill wants all Wireless locations to record and store ALL DHCP logs. This is severely flawed in so many ways.
1) I could spend 5 minutes Googling "MAC Address Spoofing", and this would explain to you, to figure out how you can make your MAC address look like someone elses. This means....I could "spoof" my MAC to make it look like...say, a co-workers MAC address, without their knowledge. Then the logs point to my co-workers MAC address....not mine.
This is EASILLY done, and is NOT something the court should allow.
2) How are you going to STORE this data? This means the Home Users with a wireless network have to know how to STORE these logs...assuming they have a wireless router that can actually EXPORT the logs. MANY of the older wireless routers DO NOT HAVE this capability...which means, those logs get overwritten in a matter of days. So...this means...EVERYONE with a router that is older than a year or two...would need to buy another one, or pay some SERVICE online to store them.
Frankly, its an ill conceived bill. Great in theory, IMPOSSIBLE to implement across the US, especially in the Home Environment.
Mail your Senators and Representatives saying its just not possible.
I can got into the technical problems with this more....let ALONE the Privacy issues associated with it.
This is insane from a technical standpoint.
This bill, says that all ISPs, companies, and HOME USERS with Wireless Internet to retain ALL DHCP logs for two years.
For those that are not technical, this is how it operates, I know it technical....
DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
This is what is does. When you turn your computer on, and windows...macs...linux Operating Systems load, they start looking for an IP address, which is what the Internet runs on. To do this, it loads DHCP, which scans the network its on for a DHCP server.
This server sees this DHCP request from a MAC Address.
A MAC address is a two part Hexidecimal address hard coded on ALL network adapters...those that are used with ethernet cables, and those that are wireless
Now this server, sees this DHCP request from the MAC address, and responds "Here, take this IP Address, DNS setting, etc..." Then it logs, the MAC address and the IP address is handed out.
The device gets that response on what IP address to use, and then the machine uses it. DHCP is great in this aspect.
Now....
The bill wants all Wireless locations to record and store ALL DHCP logs. This is severely flawed in so many ways.
1) I could spend 5 minutes Googling "MAC Address Spoofing", and this would explain to you, to figure out how you can make your MAC address look like someone elses. This means....I could "spoof" my MAC to make it look like...say, a co-workers MAC address, without their knowledge. Then the logs point to my co-workers MAC address....not mine.
This is EASILLY done, and is NOT something the court should allow.
2) How are you going to STORE this data? This means the Home Users with a wireless network have to know how to STORE these logs...assuming they have a wireless router that can actually EXPORT the logs. MANY of the older wireless routers DO NOT HAVE this capability...which means, those logs get overwritten in a matter of days. So...this means...EVERYONE with a router that is older than a year or two...would need to buy another one, or pay some SERVICE online to store them.
Frankly, its an ill conceived bill. Great in theory, IMPOSSIBLE to implement across the US, especially in the Home Environment.
Mail your Senators and Representatives saying its just not possible.
I can got into the technical problems with this more....let ALONE the Privacy issues associated with it.
