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To: ftth who wrote (3233)	3/27/1999 1:53:00 PM
From: John Stichnoth	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 12823

Dave, Frank and all: Most of the discussion on the IP address issue has focused on the client/browser side. Does anyone have thoughts on the server side? Can a person host in their own server, using a dsl line (probably partial or shared line) out to an domain service provider? Of course one of the questions will be whether any provider is willing to deal with this kind of setup. (They might want any servers to be colocated). But is it technically reasonable/feasible? My thought is that there is a market out there for people or small businesses who want to host their own sites, and not have the hassles of ftp'ing to a remote server. Some people in setting up a site don't want to deal with the Geocity ads. Some might want to maintain pretty big sites that quickly become expensive with standard domain hosting services. Ie., there are a lot of issues unresolved on the hosting side that would be easier to deal with by doing it yourself. I've got half a dozen sites out on cheap hosting services. At $10 per month it starts to add up. And one client is talking about an application that will run into the hundreds of megabytes if it takes off. All these applications have different domain names. The seven (about) domains I've got up are on I think three different DNS servers. It's easy enough to get a domain name. How do you get your DNS address set with a dsl hookup? Can you do it with a static address, or a proxy? Or am I out of my mind?:-). Best, JS

To: ftth who wrote (3233)	3/27/1999 5:39:00 PM
From: lml	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Dave, Frank: Thanks for your input & inquiry. No, Frank, I do not monitor my IP address so I cannot answer your question. I don't have DSL, but have dial-up ISDN, which to me implies I do not have a static IP address. You guys are much more sophisticated in these matters than I. I am relatively new to this discipline & have gained knowledge by reading posts on threads like these & linked articles. My reaction to the IP address issue was based upon the puffery expressed by a Flashcom representative when touting the benefits of an ADSL or IDSL connection from Covad vs. what PacBell was offering. He claimed PacBell's DSL IP address was dynamic, while PacBell told me its DSL IP address was static. Trying to understand the significance of this issue, led me to the conclusion that a static IP would serve to identify my connection on the Net. While, as Frank points out, this is necessary for VoIP communication, until such technology becomes prevalent & an inherent piece of the dedicated line, such benefit appears to be illusory right now. Of most concern right now is protecting to whatever extent possible the anonymity that one can maintain when on the Net. I am concerned with the id issues present with the Intel Pentium III & with MSFT's Windows Update server technology -- notwithstanding their respective efforts to eliminate the identification characteristics of their products. I view the static IP address issue similarly. I may be wrong, or overly paranoid in regard to this issue, but it is principally because I am only so sophisticated in the technology at play here that I will option for any platform that I perceive as more protective of my identity on the Net.