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.
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