This. And they can charge business customers or some rich residential customers for static ip service. Then of course you have Dynamic DNS services avoiding this problem, so (while not a perfect solution) it can semi-bypass the problem.
Sadly, if it gets out of control, some servers may end up banning entire IP ranges, which always results in innocent people getting banned. TehZomB W: www.tehzomb.us E: [email protected] On 8/14/2010 1:03 PM, Harry Strongburg wrote: > On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 07:54:39PM +0300, Bajdechi Nightbox Alexandru wrote: >> Imo Dynamic IPs should be banned. Who had this terrible idea to invent them > > ISPs who do not want their customers to run static servers. It's also > easier to manage for them (just using DHCP to assign IPs to customers is > easier than giving static ones). > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux

