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Subject: Re: Same host or different? How can you tell "over the wire"?
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On 22/3/18 7:30 am, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
> In message <5AB2D11A.6060605@grosbein.net>,
> Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net> wrote:
>
>> If they respond truly identically, there are no reasons to treat them like
>> distinct hosts
>> despite of different IP addresses.
are you on the same segment as them?