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

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