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Scott@Op.Net (Scott Peikin) wrote:

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>The Alternic. Minimizing Case "A"

>Speaking of domians and dns and all of that good stuff. The internic is 
>currently offering dns service for 100 dollars for the first two years and $50 
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>case "A" abilities. Currently all domain are matched to an ip address. This 
>actually maximizes profit even more because they charge companies for an ip 
>address eventually this will be you telephone number as well. These ip address 
>go like this 255.255.255.255 why they don't go to 999.999.999.999 is obviously 
>to maximize profit by reducing the supply even more. Anything is possible and 
>999.999.999.999 ip addresses are definitly a possibility...


     Firstly...WHY is this bandwidth sucking post in rec.knives???
     Secondly...get your facts right Scott... "999.999.999.999" IP
addresses are NOT a possibliity....that number is not arbitrary, but
is the DECIMAL translation of a 32 bit OCTAL value consisting of 4, 8
bit numbers...  If you ask ANY computer person...the biggest number
you can get is 254  (2^8.1).   It is true that in the future, the IP
addresses will PROBABLY need to get bigger.  The net folks are
wrestling with this problem now...much as the phone companies are
wrestling with the probelms of the explosion of personal telephone
numbers.
     Finally, while it is a CUTE idea to set up an alternative to
internic...it is PRETTY impractical.  IP addresses MUST be unique, so
we really need to have ONE place that assigns them.  Otherwise, it
would be as if Sprint, Ma Bell, and the other long distance carriers
could assign their own telephone numbers for folks... 
     The problem with the Net is that if you get your facts
wrong...there is a WORLD of folks out there happy to correct you!
   Regards
    Dave