[IP] Re: MacIntosh OS-X Network Utility, interesting URL found

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: "RJRiley \(com\)" <rjriley@rjriley.com>
Date: August 18, 2008 11:32:23 AM EDT
To: <dave@farber.net>
Subject: FW: MacIntosh OS-X Network Utility, interesting URL found



-----Original Message-----
From: danny burstein [mailto:dannyb@PANIX.COM]
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 11:08 AM
To: CARR-L@LISTSERV.LOUISVILLE.EDU
Subject: Re: MacIntosh OS-X Network Utility, interesting URL found

> I wrote one of the OS-X.4.11 lists and the responses varied. Don't
> worry about it, to it's in all Macintoshes.
>
> Well, I'm not worried about it, but it is not in all Macs.

That URL is in mine as well, but it doesn't really mean anything. The  
only
annoyance here is that people working on Macs see it, and then (quite
understandably) bother the "owner" looking for more info.

An inactive port has to have "some" number in it until an active one  
gets
assigned, overwriting the original entry. For whatever reason the  
designer
at Apple chose this one.

Apple really should have used one of the "reserved"
IP addresses as opposed to a "real" one.

Some more info at:
http://forums.appleinsider.com/archive/index.php/t-49351.html





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