On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 13:19, William Hooper wrote: > Les Mikesell said: > > On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 11:03, Scot L. Harris wrote: > > > >> I understand the concept, but have not heard of anyone, not even a > >> rumor, that anyone has ever made use of such a service. You are correct > >> about wanting Internet access and having a router that doles out the > >> DHCP is pretty much the default. > >> > >> > >> If anyone has used this or even knows the brother of a friend who may > >> have used it once let us know. I personally think this one was dead > >> before arrival. > > It is the basis of Apple's "Rendezvous". For a simple disconnected > network (or possibly one machine with a modem) it makes some sense. > > > I agree. The internet works because responsibilities are delegated > > in a precise, hierarchical manner and wouldn't have a chance if every > > machine guessed at an address that might work. > > Who said anything about using Zeroconf on the internet? > > http://www.zeroconf.org/ > > -- > William Hooper One machine with a modem? How is that going to work? Has anybody actually used it? I think at the very least it is something that should be disabled if you have other IP addresses configured or better yet, disabled until it is explicitly enabled. I need to find time to run some tests but I am wondering if someone could use those addresses to access systems on an existing network and if so does it provide a way for someone to evade various IDS's? -- Scot L. Harris <webid@xxxxxxxxxx>
