Re: Comments on the Dec 19th IAHC draft

[Simon Higgs <simon@higgs.com>]

At 6:28 PM -0500 12/21/96, Perry E. Metzger wrote:

> Simon Higgs writes:
> > I don't think it's a silly idea. I think it's an absurd idea. If you
> > don't have a domain name, you use an IP address.
>
> In IPv6, IP addresses will change on a daily basis.

Good, I'll make sure each pair of socks I own has one.

> It is also
> impossible to have a farm of servers manage a single IP address

That's just not true. There are many routing solutions designed
specifically for managing many machines behind one IP address.

> , or to have multiple MXs for an IP address.
>

This is a service that the ISP provides anyway. Every ISP issues a
subdomain at least for the login account. There's absolutely no reason
why this subdomain can't be used to cover the customer's zone for the
first 60 days.

Or don't you want to encourage the use of 3LD's & 4LD's?


Simon

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