Re: NATs *ARE* evil!

[Valdis . Kletnieks]

On Fri, 15 Dec 2000 08:54:36 PST, Scott Brim said:
> How much meaning does "Keith Moore" have?  Somehow we have a planet with
> billions of people on it and those who need to still manage to find the
> appropriate "Keith Moore".  How do they do that?  Are there any lessons
> to be learned?

The lesson to be learned is that we say "The Keith Moore that works at UTK".

In fact, there's a word for when two people use the same exact identifier - 
it's called "identity theft" and usually makes life very difficult for all
concerned - for many of the same reasons that 2 hosts with the same IP
address don't play nice.
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                                Valdis Kletnieks
                                Operating Systems Analyst
                                Virginia Tech

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