Re: rogue IP address

From: Benjamin A. Okopnik <ben(at)callahans.org>
Date: Fri May 02 2003 - 14:13:38 EDT

On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 01:18:34PM -0700, Chris Berry wrote:
> >From: <dondon@pacbell.net>

A sysadmin I know used a Windows box on her all-Linux network for just that purpose; seems that Windows is *a lot* more contentious when fighting for a specific IP than Linux is. Mr. "oh, is that what those numbers I changed mean?" User showed up at her door within minutes.

Ben Okopnik
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Received on Mon May 5 12:32:56 2003