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I don't even get why we have IP addresses anymore. Just use DNS duh.
by multinglets 11y ago
I don't even get why we have IP addresses anymore. Just use DNS duh.
- brink 11y agoFinally, thank you. Someone with some sense around here.
- makecheck 11y agoWell, one reason not to is limited hardware. In an embedded system where memory is at a premium and you may have serious constraints on how long things take (e.g. for timing purposes), the ability to hard-code an address or have it entered in some way saves you from having to support an entire DNS layer in that system.
- ghayes 11y agoI think the joke is that DNS just hides IP addresses, it doesn't do away with them. No IP address = no DNS.
- swe 11y agoWow!
- aikah 11y agoDNS are centralized , IPs are not. When USA decides to block or take down you domain name, because they can, all you have left is your IP, they can't take your IP.
- Piskvorrr 11y agoMeet https://www.arin.net/ https://www.arin.net/ and friends.