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... prefixes. Thus, they are sometimes used as service
identifiers, to which unsolicted requests are directed, or as subnet
identifiers ...
... identifiers, to which unsolicted requests are directed, or as subnet
identifiers, specifying sets of Internet addresses that the given
product somehow treats specially.
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Such "hard-coding" of globally-routable IP addresses as identifiers
within the host's firmware presents significant problems to the
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... unique, globally-routable IP addresses; the assignment and use of IP
addresses as identifiers is temporary and therefore should not be
used in fixed configurations.
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... network renumbering, temporal uniqueness of IPv4 addresses is no
longer globally guaranteed, which puts their use as identifiers
into severe question.
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... When using domain names as service identifiers in the configurations
of deployed Internet hosts ...
... domain naming conventions
for a product's service identifiers is to utilize SRV resource
records (RRs ...
... However, note that simply hard-coding DNS name service identifiers
rather than IP addresses is not a panacea. Entries in the domain
name ...
... state, then care should be taken to use an appropriate
service identifier and to use standard mechanisms for dynamically
resolving the identifier into an IP address ...
... service identifier and to use standard mechanisms for dynamically
resolving the identifier into an IP address. Also, any such
identifiers ...
... identifier into an IP address. Also, any such
identifiers should be alterable in the field through a conventional
command and control interface for the service ...