Generate Reverse Deligations

[Joseph S D Yao]

On Thu, Jul 13, 2000 at 01:25:28PM -0700, Bill Manning wrote:
> % >>>>> "Bill" == Bill Manning <bmanning at ISI.EDU> writes:
> % 
> %     Bill> Link Local.  Fire up any current Apple or Microsoft OS, tell
> %     Bill> it to use dynamic IP and don't have a working DHCP server on
> %     Bill> the wire.  These nodes will -auto-configure- an address in
> %     Bill> this range.
> % 
> % Do they auto-configure their forward and reverse DNS entries too? :-)
> 
> Nope, not yet... :)
> They just grab an IP address from this range, test to see if someone else
> has already taken it. If not, they bring up the NIC.

How to prevent collisions?  What if you and I choose the same addr and
test at the same time ... and nobody's there?

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Joe Yao				jsdy at cospo.osis.gov - Joseph S. D. Yao
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