I thought it was just a fun, intentional demonstration of hypoantipedanticaticry. I could be wrong, but that is next to unpossible.
First Horizon Bank Mainframe Technical Support -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 3:30 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: How to get a workstation name from ip address [External Email. Exercise caution when clicking links or opening attachments.] On Tue, 3 Mar 2020 10:21:09 -0800, Charles Mills wrote: >I hesitate a little to possibly just add to the noise because I don't really >know the answer; I'm just hypothecating. > (hypotheticating? Not that either. hypothesizing? Aren't spellcheckers fun?) >Does a workstation necessarily have a name? In the protocol, I mean. A dumb >terminal with no name can do telnet. Is there anything to the connection >request other than "Hi, I'm 192.168.1.1, let's connect"? There's no query >where the mainframe says "tell me about yourself," right? > And that IP address may have been assigned by DHCP. DHCP may retain the association and disclose it on request. But DHCP might generate a surrogate host name, a transformation of the IP address it assigned. Some might consider making such information generally available a security risk. There's a (weak) argument there for choosing opaque hostnames. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN Confidentiality notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or the employee or agent responsible for delivery of this message to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this e-mail message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender and delete this e-mail message from your computer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
