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Date:      Sun, 14 Dec 1997 11:32:25 -0700 (MST)
From:      Marc Slemko <marcs@znep.com>
To:        Žoršur Ivarsson <totii@est.is>
Cc:        "hackers@FreeBSD.ORG" <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: weird IP address
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.971214112821.2250O-100000@alive.znep.com>
In-Reply-To: <349423A7.5669E713@est.is>

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On Sun, 14 Dec 1997, Žoršur Ivarsson wrote:

> Are you telling me that I could register "what ever name" to "what ever
> ip address" that even does not belong to me? 

I am saying you can use whatever IP you want for a nameserver when
registering a domain via the InterNIC and they will not trying to figure
out if you are authorized to use it.  The InterNIC will list that
nameserver in the DNS for that domain, will add a glue record for the
nameserver, and will create a host record.  You can't have multiple host
records for one IP, though.

> This does not seem to be logical. I can use "what ever name".est.is in
> my domain for my network 194.144.208."what ever" but I must not be
> allowed to register "what ever other name".est.is to address/network
> that I have not got from INTERNIC/RIPE.

Of course it is logical.  How do you propose to magically detect if
someone is using an address they shouldn't?  You don't gain anything from
doing it because you can't actually use that IP for anything.

> We have virtual domains here and they have logical reason, but not
> someone using reseved (assigned) address is not ethical.

Ethics have nothing to do with it.




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