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Re: Static/Dynamic Debate Was: Need help to connect to ISP!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Arnt Gulbrandsen)
Sat Feb 3 17:43:07 1996
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 1996 21:51:06 +0100
From: Arnt Gulbrandsen <agulbra@troll.no>
To: Eric Hester <erich@basenet.com>
CC: ecarp@netcom.com, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-reply-to: Eric Hester's message of Sat, 3 Feb 1996 11:31:07 -0500
Eric Hester <erich@basenet.com>
> Well, that is what I said in my previous post, if they need a static IP for
> something like that, they can have one, but WHY would I give EVERYONE a
> static IP when there is no reason for it.
People will invent names for their box if they don't have a real one.
Someone, I've no idea who but he dials in to a terminal server here in
town, has named his box paal.troll.no. How do I know? He has sent
mail from his box, and I'm postmaster for troll.no.
What I'm trying to say is, the internet's design is based in globally
unique IP addresses, and the design shouldn't be messed with unless
it's broken.
--Arnt
