Tim Bernhardson wrote: > I have seen primarly 2 types of sites that use IP Addresses instead of > Host Names. > > 1) Companies that think that because their server doesn't have a DNS > Name on the Internet that it will make it harder for the Bad Guys to > find them....
Just because a site has a DNS name doesn't make its owners any more clueful. Take a look at rfc-ignorant.org's block lists. > 2) Companies/People serving Porn/Spam/etc > > I don't particularly want my users visiting either one (the first one > because if they are clueless enough that they think not having a DNS > Name makes it more difficult for them to get hacked, they probably are > probably not running very good security on their servers and are > probably hacked without knowing it). There are pleanty of spam/porn sites that use DNS names, too. Again, while I agree it's a bad idea to not have DNS for a web site, I see nothing wrong with it, and I don't think it's justifiable to arbitrarily block sites that are accessed by IP address. Adam
