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IP addresses shouldn’t be portable, that would be a disaster for routing table sizes. It’s a bit like saying your street address should be portable. On the con
by tlrobinson 5y ago
IP addresses shouldn’t be portable, that would be a disaster for routing table sizes. It’s a bit like saying your street address should be portable.
On the contrary, addresses and phone numbers should be like domain names. It sure would be great if I could just update my mailing/physical address once when I move.
- necovek 5y agoWell, PO boxes are a rough equivalent to domains: you've got to explicitely set it up at some cost. As long as you only ever give out your PObox address (domain) instead of your real address (IP), you are good.
- foobarbecue 5y agoWhen I said "phone number," I wasn't implying any portability. I was actually thinking of a land-line phone number. The point I was making is that it's assumed you can get a static phone number for your house, but most of the public don't know how to get a static IP address for their house (and it's often not even possible to do, depending on ISP).