[address-policy-wg] Re: Easy to remember IP-address

I agree

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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
>