Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 12:24:55 -0700 (MST) From: Charles Mott <cmott@srv.net> To: Marc Slemko <marcs@znep.com> Cc: Žoršur Ivarsson <totii@est.is>, "hackers@FreeBSD.ORG" <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: weird IP address Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971214121917.3192A-100000@darkstar.home> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.971214112821.2250O-100000@alive.znep.com>
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> > 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. > Of course, anyone running a DNS which is authortitative for a particular domain can have address records pointing to wherever they want. However, I think that the internet depends to some extent on people running DNS servers to act in a responsible manner. I think ethics does have something to do with it. If Sanford Wallace decided to have www.cyberpromo.com point to a machine I own, I *would* be concerned. And it wouldn't be ethical. Charles Mott
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