Re: TI-H: linux...

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Subject: Re: TI-H: linux...
From: "Gabe" <gabeman@earthling.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 23:37:17 -0400
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>Yes!  and all taht junk is routed to a backbone where there are proxy
servers!


Actually, AOL routes out onto UUNet. Backbones don't have proxies, they have
routers. Unless you are using the word "backbone" differently...maybe you
mean "Proprietary Network."

>>You get logged as being from your dynamic
>>IP.
>
>The router assigns you that dynamic IP.  You could have the router assign

>you the same IP every time you log on, but AOL won't let you do that.

>>It's no different than dialing into your average PPP-based ISP and
>>doing whatever.  You get your own IP, but it's dynamic.


Wrong. Routers have nothing to do with IP allocation. They just juggle
packets, and in AOL's case, their routers just gather all your crap and push
it over to UUNet. Authentication servers control IP allocation, unless AOL
uses a proprietary authentication configuration.

-Gabe

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Re: TI-H: linux...

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