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Re: Lookup zip by IP address [message #172944 is a reply to message #172941]

Sat, 12 March 2011 19:02

Jerry Stuckle
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On 3/12/2011 11:35 AM, Bill B wrote:
> On 3/12/2011 10:02 AM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>> On 3/12/2011 9:16 AM, Roy Smith wrote:
>>> In article<ilfs0n$3ga$1(at)news(dot)eternal-september(dot)org>,
>>> Jerry Stuckle<jstucklex(at)attglobal(dot)net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> For the record, IPv4 and IPv6 refer ONLY to the number of bytes in the
>>>> IP address. They have NOTHING to do with the protocol itself
>>>
>>> Actually, IPv4 and IPv6 *are* completely different (although related)
>>> protocols. For sure, the most obvious difference between them is the
>>> length of the addresses, but there are other differences as well. The
>>> header formats are different, and there are fundamental differences in
>>> how they deal with options, routing, MTU, traffic flows, etc. Wikipedia
>>> does a decent job comparing the two
>>> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipv6#Comparison_to_IPv4).
>>>
>>
>> Of course there have to be minor differences in the headers to identify
>> whether they're using IPv4 or IPv6. And there have been some minor
>> changes with the routing, etc - but those could easily have been
>> implemented in IPv4, also. They just weren't.
>>
>>>> IPv4 was heavily used by Arpanet back in the 1960's - which would
>>>> have been VERY hard to do if it hadn't been invented until 1981.
>>>
>>> To the best of my knowledge, the first RFC describing what we now call
>>> IPv4 was RFC 760, published in January 1980. This was updated by RFC
>>> 791, published in September 1981. I'm not sure when the first
>>> experimental versions were deployed, but it's absurd to say that IPv4
>>> was in use (heavy or otherwise) in the 1960s.
>>>
>>
>> Then what was I using in the early 70's while in college? And what was I
>> working on in the late 70's when I worked for IBM?
>>
>> Arpanet used TCP/IP, and was in existence in the 60's. And it used 4
>> byte addresses.
>>
>> RFC's came about LONG after Arpanet was developed.
>>
>>>> I never hear anyone (except you) use IP to refer to an address.
>>>> Everyone else uses the term "ip address" - which is correct.
>>>
>>> People often say "IP" when they mean "IP address" in casual
>>> conversation. "I can't reach foo.com, can you try pinging it?". "OK,
>>> what's the IP?" It's sloppy, but lots of casual conversation is sloppy,
>>> and people figure out the meaning from context.
>>
>> Yes, casual conversations, I agree. But not like "Pointed Head"
>> indicated.
>
> Mr. Stuckle, you can make your point without belittling yourself and
> others.
>
> Bill B

As I've told you before - I really don't give a damn what you think.
You can take your self-righteous attitude and stuff it where the sun
doesn't shine. That way it will be right next to your head.
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		Lookup zip by IP address By: laredotornado@zipmail on Mon, 10 January 2011 18:29
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: Michael Fesser on Mon, 10 January 2011 18:36
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: Heiko Richler on Mon, 10 January 2011 18:52
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: Twayne on Mon, 10 January 2011 20:44
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: Captain Paralytic on Mon, 10 January 2011 22:02
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: Twayne on Mon, 17 January 2011 20:46
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Sat, 12 March 2011 01:57
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 12 March 2011 03:13
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: D. Stussy on Sat, 12 March 2011 07:32
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Sat, 12 March 2011 08:37
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 12 March 2011 13:21
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: Roy Smith on Sat, 12 March 2011 14:16
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 12 March 2011 15:02
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: me on Sat, 12 March 2011 16:35
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: The Natural Philosoph on Sat, 12 March 2011 16:59
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 12 March 2011 19:02
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: me on Sat, 12 March 2011 23:28
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: Jerry Stuckle on Sun, 13 March 2011 02:33
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: Luuk on Sun, 13 March 2011 14:58
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: Jerry Stuckle on Sun, 13 March 2011 17:32
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: Luuk on Sun, 13 March 2011 17:46
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: Jerry Stuckle on Sun, 13 March 2011 19:35
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: spambait on Sun, 13 March 2011 21:52
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: The Natural Philosoph on Sun, 13 March 2011 21:28
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: Jerry Stuckle on Sun, 13 March 2011 21:37
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: Twayne on Mon, 14 March 2011 15:51
		OT Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: Twayne on Mon, 14 March 2011 15:49
		Re: OT Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: The Natural Philosoph on Mon, 14 March 2011 17:17
		Re: OT Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: Twayne on Tue, 15 March 2011 15:17
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: Twayne on Mon, 14 March 2011 15:40
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: me on Mon, 14 March 2011 02:12
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: Jerry Stuckle on Mon, 14 March 2011 02:42
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: Twayne on Mon, 14 March 2011 16:02
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: Jerry Stuckle on Mon, 14 March 2011 16:07
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: The Natural Philosoph on Mon, 14 March 2011 02:49
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: spambait on Mon, 14 March 2011 04:20
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: Twayne on Mon, 14 March 2011 15:54
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: Twayne on Mon, 14 March 2011 15:39
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: spambait on Sat, 12 March 2011 23:13
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: Twayne on Sat, 12 March 2011 19:19
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: Twayne on Sat, 12 March 2011 19:17
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: Twayne on Sat, 12 March 2011 19:14
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Sun, 13 March 2011 23:45
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 12 March 2011 13:16
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: Michael Fesser on Mon, 14 March 2011 11:23
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: The Natural Philosoph on Mon, 14 March 2011 13:29
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: Roy Smith on Mon, 14 March 2011 13:40
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: The Natural Philosoph on Mon, 14 March 2011 13:54
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: Roy Smith on Mon, 14 March 2011 23:50
		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: The Natural Philosoph on Tue, 15 March 2011 00:25
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		Re: Lookup zip by IP address By: Captain Paralytic on Mon, 10 January 2011 22:05
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