[1776] in linux-net channel archive
Re: dynamic ip's
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Woods)
Thu Feb 1 11:57:02 1996
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 07:53:13 -0500 (EST)
From: Chris Woods <cjwoods@paladin.com>
To: William Tiemann <ttiemann@castles.com>
cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <9601312245.AA22638@castles.com>
On Wed, 31 Jan 1996, William Tiemann wrote:
> all:
> I was wondering if it is posable to have a name like ttiemann.castles.com
> with a dynamic ip, i do know however that it is possable to have it that way
> with a static ip.
> thanks ahead of time
Not really, not yet. I believe the DNS dynamic update proposal that is in
the works withe the IETF will make this possible, but I'm not sure (I
haven't seen the draft).
A name is bound to an IP address. If your IP address changes, your name
changes.
Chris Woods Systems Administrator
cjwoods@paladin.com Paladin Computing Solutions
617-273-4226 http://www.paladin.com
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