On Sat, 2011-01-08 at 17:55 -0500, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: > How would you determine the "computer name"? Particularly, for static > IP addresses.
Reverse DNS would work fine for me. All of my servers and PCs resolve in both directions. If yours don't, consider dnsmasq, or configure dhcpd and bind to talk to each other. > And if you found a new IP address, how would you make sure that it is > not an existing machine that had previously been under another ip > address. Same, with DNS. In fact, instead of scanning I'd just do a reverse-DNS scan of the local subnet. Anything that returns a non-generic answer gets added. Regards, Tyler -- "The paradox of dictating democracy, of enforcing freedom, of extorting emancipation." -- Niall Ferguson, Colossus: The Price of America's Empire (2004) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gaining the trust of online customers is vital for the success of any company that requires sensitive data to be transmitted over the Web. Learn how to best implement a security strategy that keeps consumers' information secure and instills the confidence they need to proceed with transactions. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
