At 11:39 AM 9/5/2002 -0700, Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: > > At least as importantly, why do 254 addresses get provided where the > > actual need might not warrant that quantity? > >Because it's easier to do the reverse DNS? Sorry to contribute to the >general noise, but that answer's close to the truth.
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2317.html Easier maybe... But with classless delegation of IN-ADDR.ARPA this should not be an issue any longer. >-- >...some sort of steganographic chaffing and winnowing scheme >already exists in practice right here: I frequently find myself >having to sort through large numbers of idiotic posts to find >the good ones. -- Rufus Faloofus -- Christopher Schulte http://www.schulte.org/ Do not un-munge my @nospam.schulte.org email address. This address is valid.
