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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: IP address fee??
At 11:39 AM 9/5/2002 -0700, Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: > At least as importantly, why do 254 addresses get provided where the > actual need might not warrant that quantity? Because it's easier to do the reverse DNS? Sorry to contribute to the general noise, but that answer's close to the truth. http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2317.html Easier maybe... But with classless delegation of IN-ADDR.ARPA this should not be an issue any longer. -- ...some sort of steganographic chaffing and winnowing scheme already exists in practice right here: I frequently find myself having to sort through large numbers of idiotic posts to find the good ones. -- Rufus Faloofus -- Christopher Schulte http://www.schulte.org/ Do not un-munge my @nospam.schulte.org email address. This address is valid.
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