On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Robert Elz wrote: [...] > Why would my nodes care what the network that contains some random IP > address might happen to be (or why would I ever care more than the > routing tables will tell me) ?
Being able to do something like this would have quite a few security considerations, besides -- in addition to operational reluctance to take it to use. Finding your *own* info could be useful, but you really need most of that information before you can make the DNS query.. -- Pekka Savola "You each name yourselves king, yet the Netcore Oy kingdom bleeds." Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings #---------------------------------------------------------------------- # To unsubscribe, send a message to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
