Re: [ga] FW: Comment from the gTLD Registry Constituency

[Allan Liska <allan@allan.org>]

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Hello Jeff,

Monday, September 30, 2002, 2:13:39 AM, you wrote:


>>
>> The hardware address is the Media Access Control -- the MAC address is
>> a unique address assigned to every Network Interface Card.  An IP
>> Address is a software-based address that is generally controlled
>> through TCP software installed on the device.

JW>   Partly wrong here Allan.  IPv6 addresses are often used to replace
JW> MAC addresses, which I think, but am not sure what Jefsey was getting
JW> at, but was being brief.

No they aren't.  An IP Address, whether it is IPv4 or IPv6, will never
be a hardware address.  In fact it is impossible to embed an IP
Address into a network device because you never know what network that
device will be a part of.

allan
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Allan Liska
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