I'm only looking to use my Linux box to ipmasq a couple windows machines. If however, after talking to my isp about their various dsl conditions I discover that they don't allow connection sharing, then does your message below still apply? Greg On Sat, Jul 14, 2001 at 10:57:19PM -0500, Kirk Wood wrote: > On Sat, 14 Jul 2001, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > If you're running ipmasq. can your isp run a tracer on you and > > catch you? > > It would probably be possible by sniffing out the packets and analizing > the http requests. But I have never heard of such a thing being done. It > would be a lot of work just to find someone who had an extra machine or > two. Not to mention that it wouldn't bode well under scrutiny. > > Now if you attempt to set yourself up as some sort of ISP and resell the > bandwidth you are asking for trouble. But if you are looking to connect > the few computers you own so you and yours can all surf I would not > concern myself with such things. > > ======= > Kirk Wood > Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net > > The mind is like a parachute; it works much better when open. > If you're too open minded, your brains will fall out. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup