Its still unnecessary messing about. Fixed IP is the better option for every use-case I can think of.
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Its still unnecessary messing about. Fixed IP is the better option for every use-case I can think of.
It also doesn’t help with firewalls or VPNs. Just accept that some people really do need static IPs…
Some people do, but the majority don't honestly. And DDNS is nothing you have to mess about with, as soon as it's setup, it just works.
There's negatives to having a static IP for a home user aswell, I can imagine you'd know what I am referring to.
I think you’re mixing up my response with someone else’s. And actually no, I don’t know what you’re referring to. If you think your outgoing traffic is safer with DDNS then no, your ISP knows who was where and when and if you’re referring to incoming malicious traffic still no if you have a decent firewall and security measures set up. That said, I’m under no illusions that if a professional hacker wanted to hack any of my systems they’d get in eventually. They’d certainly get in well within the time it took for my ISP to allocate me a new IP address.
Oops my mistake, I mean't to quote the other person 
@WJA96 I was referring to DoS attacks and the fact that a dynamic IP is much more beneficial to the average user as they can simply change their IP with a reboot.
I think everyone has a different use case, and there's definitely people that require a static IP, but for most home users, they don't that's all I was saying.
@WJA96 I was referring to DoS attacks and the fact that a dynamic IP is much more beneficial to the average user as they can simply change their IP with a reboot.
I think everyone has a different use case, and there's definitely people that require a static IP, but for most home users, they don't that's all I was saying.
No, read the quote above, a dynamic IP won't make any difference in what you mentioned