On Sunday, March 23, 2014 08:39:51 PM Mark Andrews wrote: > Can I suggest that you re-read what I said. I did not > say "WILL BE REACHABLE". I said "THEORETICALLY > REACHABLE". I also said "GLOBAL UNIQUE" address not > "PUBLIC ADDRESS". > > The point is one should be able to get addresses with > these properties. It's your decision about whether to > use all the properties the addresses have.
I was agreeing with you, not speaking against you, Mark. > As for printers directly reachable from anywhere, why > not. We do have the technology to authenticate requests > regardless of the IP address the request originates > from. Whether that is built into your printer or not is > a purchasing decision. I see nothing wrong with being > able to print out something from the other side of the > world for someone else to pick up. The cost to do this > shoudn't amount to more than a couple of cents in the > printer's price as it is all one off engineering. That question was rhetorical - everybody on this list already knows the answer :-). Mark.
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