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imp@solbourne.com (Warner Losh) writes:

>Do you have the "law" that states that you must have a unique IP
>address?  What?  No Law?

Of course not. There is no requirement for unique IP addresses.

>There are many good techincal reasons for each machine to have its own
>IP address, just as there are many good technical reasons to properly
>register the domain via the correct channels.

In fact, this very week I set up a tcp/ip network using a network 
address of 143.62.5.x. Does someone "own" this IP address? Probably.
Does it matter to me? No, since the network I set up is completely
internal and has no intention of ever connecting to the Internet.


>It is in numerous RFC's 

Hmmm. RFC. Request for Comments. Not "US Code, Section x", or "US
law". Completely unbinding if you have no intention of using domain-name
addressability.

>In the case
>of the .COM part of the tree, the NIC has not delegated that
>authority, so you ****MUST**** register the name with them.  To think
>otherwise is just flat out wrong.

Again, what is the legal remedy if I don't? There is no. It is non-binding.
It is not a matter of law.

MD
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