tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28371165.post2296044435998634384..comments2008-08-23T14:08:50.665+08:00KageSenshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00019993555432609309noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28371165.post-4686436189844633062008-08-23T14:08:00.000+08:002008-08-23T14:08:00.000+08:00hi<BR/>i am a fedora 9 user and dual boot f9 on a dell vostro 1310 . i deleted ifcfg-lo while playing around. however i did make an exact copy of it in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ however whenever i insert a lan cable the comp starts to respond really late. what should i do about it ? Thanks .Balkrishnanitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15489670272776944758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28371165.post-49158749361279364852008-08-13T12:20:00.000+08:002008-08-13T12:20:00.000+08:00If you know the IP address range they scan from, block TCP connections from that range... Then they would have to observe the traffic to/from your system to find you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28371165.post-91644853010877778582008-08-12T23:58:00.000+08:002008-08-12T23:58:00.000+08:00It looks like it may be possible to change the mac address and keep using networkmanager with a utilty called macchanger that is available in the fedora repos.<BR/><BR/>Take a look at the last post on this thread:<BR/>http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-488280.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28371165.post-80459911265867045032008-08-12T18:52:00.000+08:002008-08-12T18:52:00.000+08:00By changing MAC address and stop all activity from my machine, it'll make it a bit harder for them to find where is me .. and if my deduction is right, they already done the scanning and already have a list of MAC addresses to confiscate .. but haven't checked which MAC address connected to which switch port .. as they are doing it phase by phase starting from Village 5 ..KageSenshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00019993555432609309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28371165.post-88072062247995412802008-08-12T18:48:00.000+08:002008-08-12T18:48:00.000+08:00yup .. and the way they identify which port i'm connected is through checking what MAC address is connected to that switch port ..KageSenshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00019993555432609309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28371165.post-23540393703324056692008-08-12T18:43:00.000+08:002008-08-12T18:43:00.000+08:00They'll still see what switch port you're connected to so won't help at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com