[address-policy-wg] Re: Easy to remember IP-address
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Thabet
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Tue Apr 6 15:11:39 CEST 2010
I agree Sent from my iPhone On Apr 6, 2010, at 5:08 PM, <michael.dillon at bt.com> wrote: >> This whole vanity address idea is complete nonsense and >> shouldn't be entertained for a second. > > In particular, it does not protect you from typographical errors. > People can stil type in 22.2.2.2 and 2.2.32.2 and other variations. > A far better way to protect against typos is to copy and paste > the address. This could be done with any address at all displayed > on a web page. > > If you really want a simple install experience you would do this > with a downloadable application. > >> As far as I can gather there was cold hard cash exchanging hands for >> 8.8.8.8 and 4.4.4.4 - fine for some people and in the ARIN >> region it's a lot more liberal in that sense, > > To be clear, nobody paid ARIN for those addresses. They were already > allocated to an ISP who agreed to let the DNS provider use them. > > Ideco's goals could be met by simply using Google's DNS service, > unless they have some other goal that they haven't told us yet. > > --Michael Dillon >
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