Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 02:30:28 +0200 From: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be>, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.homeip.net>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The road ahead? Message-ID: <p0511171cb90c9c2dbde0@[10.9.8.215]> In-Reply-To: <3CE6E8ED.84E431F@mindspring.com> References: <20020516004909.A9808@daemon.tisys.org> <20020516151801.A47974@energyhq.homeip.net> <20020516172853.A7750@daemon.tisys.org> <3CE40759.7C584101@mindspring.com> <20020516220616.A51305@energyhq.homeip.net> <3CE43D08.1FDBF0A3@mindspring.com> <20020517163624.GB9697@hades.hell.gr> <3CE58F73.1A7F50AF@mindspring.com> <p05111717b90b4c01f392@[10.9.8.215]> <15589.63655.94078.482179@guru.mired.org> <3CE61284.80ADD241@mindspring.com> <15590.58578.811389.223502@guru.mired.org> <3CE6E8ED.84E431F@mindspring.com>
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At 4:51 PM -0700 2002/05/18, Terry Lambert wrote:
> Can't do a graceful shutdown without a button.
>
> I actually would be uncomfortable with something that didn't have
> an activation sequence of some kind that didn't include something
> that you normally don't do (plugging/unplugging is supposed to be
> limited to installation and deinstallation, not activation and
> deactivation).
I can't think of a VCR, DVD, or cable box that operates this way.
All consumer electronics devices I know of are capable of losing
power and rebooting cleanly. Consumer electronic devices that can't
take this sort situation simply don't survive in the business.
> Actually, you don't have to do the DNS thing, if you can do the
> DNSUPDAT thing. So:
>
> o Find the gateway
> o Find your IP
> o Find the name server from the root
> o Reverse lookup your IP to get the domain name
> o Use the DNS information based on your role to
> configure yourself
This assumes that reverse DNS is set up correctly. It also
assumes that you can get through the firewall.
--
Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania.
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