finortis
join:2001-11-30
| reply to dbarc
Re: ATTBI AUP
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And if your printer is on your network it's built-in print server, you're supposed to connect to their DHCP server? and pay as if it's another computer? I don't think so.
It gets worse. Last I heard, there isn't a firewall that can be installed on a network printer...now anyone on ATTBI might be able to see your printer...and umm send print jobs to it  Just imagine this...if some hacker figured it's a printer, they could, umm send that 500 page book to it. And along with having to purchase a seperate IP, you could be out of luck for paper and ink cartridges too. Just when you need it... I have seen people in computer labs at the very least who will do that. Their a net admins nightmere. Then there's the number of people that put Direct PC on a win9x box and never bother to secure it....
But other scenarios can arise too. If a person for instance installs VMware
»www.vmware.com
and they use bridging mode with their ethernet card (the only method that at least for awhile was supported under Windows 2000, and perhaps now XP, that'd I'd have to check), then each virtual machine needs an IP too. Should a person have to pay for seperate IPs that exist for each virtual machine one might run concurrently withing the same physical PC? There are other modes, but they had issues with win2k/recommended not to use/disabled by default unless one installed the system service manually. Having to pay an additional $20 for IPs with a single computer because of virtual machines, not physically different computers is adding insult to an injury they're already doing to the customer. |
