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In article <1992Aug01.175418.7792@anomaly.sbs.risc.net> kd1hz@anomaly.sbs.risc.net (Michael P. Deignan (KD1HZ)) writes:
>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.
>
     Then your network is not a part of the Internet and your comments
are irrelevant to the situation originally being discussed, i.e. a system
that *was* supposedly on the Internet.


                                  Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG
                                  Systems Programming
                                  Computer Center
                                  Northern Illinois University
                                  DeKalb, Illinois 60115
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