Re: RIPE DNS Hostcount May 1993
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To: Marten.Terpstra@localhost (Marten Terpstra)
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From: poole@localhost (Simon Poole)
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Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1993 18:45:52 +0200 (MET DST)
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Cc: ripe-list@localhost, cerf@localhost
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> - in total an increase of just over 19,000 to just over 385,000.
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> - History again appended
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> - output can be found ion ftp.ripe.net:ripe/hostcount
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Marten,
I think it would be a good idea to supply reachability information
with these stats. ping'ing the addresses is a fairly good reality check
(for example in Switzerland only about a third of the "hosts" are actually
reachable according to the US domain survey).
Additionally, it would be a good idea to include a short statement
as to what the numbers actually mean, and a disclaimer. Background:
more and more these numbers are used in PR, it is very well imaginable
that there might be legal trouble at one point in time.
Simon
