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Re: Thinking differently about the site local problem (was: RE: site local addresses (was Re: Fw: Welcome to the InterNAT...))

S Woodside <sbwoodside@yahoo.com> Tue, 01 April 2003 01:34 UTC

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Subject: Re: Thinking differently about the site local problem (was: RE: site local addresses (was Re: Fw: Welcome to the InterNAT...))
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On Monday, March 31, 2003, at 05:30  PM, Tony Hain wrote:

>> Let's assume that there is a FooBar server in SiteA.  If
>> another node in SiteA (NodeA) is communicating via a
>> multi-party application to a node in SiteB (NodeB), and wants
>> to refer NodeB to the FooBar server in SiteA, what does it do?
>
> Send a name.

What if the address has no name? Suddenly running a DNS becomes a 
pre-requisite to running a network connected to the internet?

simon

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