AboutDave Mitch Expertise Trouble shooting in any of the following areas: Virus / Spy-ware / Mal-ware issues, Windows, Linux, virtual environments such as VMWare, Virtual ToolBox. Vast and varied hands-on expertise in a range of open source network security tools and utilities.Have worked on projects requiring practical implementation and configuration tweaking of Intrusion Detection / Prevention Systems, Enterprise-class Patch Management Solutions, Customization of Network Audit Framework and Penetration Test Tool Compilation. Consultant for corporations, NOCs (network Operations Centres) in the area of Virtual appliances for office(and home) environments for secure browsing / traffic monitoring / Anti-spam / "anti-phising" with content filtering capability.
Experience Virus/Spyware/Malware trouble shooting, Windows, VMWare, Linux. With over 10 years of industry experience in the Information Security field, I would be able to offer my experience and time to solve your problem. If any solution requires more time and effort or you require a customized product, I would be able to do so for a small fee.
Organizations FA Inc.
Education/Credentials Graduate Degree in Computer Science
Question I have a "dumb" question. We are getting an installation at our office from a company called Logix. They compete with CBeyond in taking care of phone and internet services. Now one of Logix' selling point was that we can have up to 13 static IP addresses. Can you tell me what the difference is between a static and non-static IP address - and why I would want the static IPs? Can they be used for computers and printers or is just for the PCs?
Thank you,
Landon
Static IPs are "fixed" IPs. These would be useful when you intend hosting some kind of service (such as a mail server, web site etc.) on the Internet. The static IP would enable permanently pointing (bind the name of the website / service to the IP).
A dynamic IP would mean that your company would get an IP from a pool of IPs available at the time of connecting to the internet.
The facility of static IPs is generally under-utilized. Opt for it only if you are convinced that it is absolutely essential for your network. Or else, tell the ISP or solutions provider to give you a better deal and not con you with jargon.
