IPADDR=71.30.117.2 NETMASK=255.255.255.252 NETWORK=71.30.117.0 <http://71.30.117.0/30> GATEWAY=71.30.117.1 Add this to your /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0 And take out BOOTPROTO=dhcp On 6/13/06, Thomas E Dukes <edukes at alltel.net> wrote: > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: centos-bounces at centos.org > > [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of William L. Maltby > > Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 7:41 AM > > To: CentOS General List > > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Changing from dynamic ip to static ip > > > > On Mon, 2006-06-12 at 18:53 -0400, Thomas E Dukes wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I have been on a dynamic ip for about 5 years and have just > > upgraded > > > to a static ip. > > <snip> > > > > I almost didn't mention it because it's so common a concern > > now, but just in case. > > > > Static IP gives attackers a lot more leeway in their attempts > > to penetrate. Be sure your firewall (from ISP and iptables on CentOS > > machine) are now appropriate for your situation. With port 80 > > open, make sure your server stuff is kept up-to-date with > > security fixes. Make sure all services not needed are > > disabled. TCP wrappers (hosts.deny and > > hosts.allow) are up to snuff. > > Hi Bill, > > Thanks, > > Yes, I have a firewall setup and also use denyhosts and fail2ban. > > Thanks > > > > HTH > > -- > > Bill > > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Thx Joshua Gimer -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060613/77889709/attachment-0004.html>