Hi all, my first post for all its worth:-
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Originally Posted by Thorny
I think your usage is the cause of many peoples posts saying "My pings ingame are crap" or "my download speed is poor" or "I keep getting dossed for no reason at all".
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I totally agree. While on the surface being part of the "HaX0r underground" may seem like a bit of fun, by constantly releasing your DHCP, you are simply making others the target of a bunch of idiotic script kiddies. I changed my router once, and as I forgot to clone my old MAC, ended up with a "hot" IP being constantly SYNed by a bunch of 12 year old "1337 Hackers". Lets face it, if you want to further your knowledge of hacking/cracking you'd be better off learning from the many helpful peeps on the internet who are more than happy to share their knowledge of TCP/IP and programming. Most of these IRC channels are run by morons for morons, who can't understand that downloading and using pre-written exploits against others demonstrates no skill or inteligence whatsoever. I feel sorry for all those whose proxy servers are being abused for the purposes of kiddie chat on IRC.
Also, fiddling with your cable modem's MAC address is not only against the TOS agreement with NTL, but is also illegal in cases where you "accidently" cloned someone else's cable MAC. It is no different to stealing electricity, a phone line or gas.
As for running servers, etc on an NTL connection, I think that the rule of thumb is to have respect for other paying customers in your area. Theres no harm in running a small HTTP server or anything similar, providing that you are aware of how much upload bandwidth you are using. As for downloads, 4GB a day is absurd. I download a lot of stuff, but only stuff that I need or use, if you are downloading that much stuff I expect that you delete half of it without even using it.