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List:       busybox
Subject:    Re: where to get the lease file
From:       David Seikel <won_fang () yahoo ! com ! au>
Date:       2006-11-25 0:09:36
Message-ID: 20061125100936.65545502 () cluster ! meeting ! humbug ! org ! au
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On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 14:41:29 -0500 Rob Landley <rob@landley.net> wrote:

> (Note, a few years ago there are some DSL companies and such that
> intentially force you to a new IP address with every renewal, and set
> renewals at about 2 hours.  This was to prevent anybody from running
> servers, in a slightly less obvious way than blocking all incoming
> connections below port 1024 or putting you behind a masquerading
> router.  I believe they're all out of business now, because there's
> nothing more annoying than having your connection drop 2 hours into a
> World of Warcraft dungeon raid...)

Here in Australia, where the interwebs suck, we still have ISPs that
are happy to change your IP on you in the middle of a session.  Big
nasty ISP that until recently was a government owned monopoly.  It's
still largely government owned, still a monopoly for some things, and
still in business.  A lot of ISPs are just resellers of this big nasty
one.  A lot of the rest get away with murder because it's good enough
for the big nasty one.

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