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2007-01-03 Science & Technology

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Posted by Jan 2007-01-03 00:04|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The entire country of Qatar is routed through a SINGLE net address!?!

How the hell can a whole country share an IP?

Posted by bigjim-ky 2007-01-03 08:37|| 2007-01-03 08:37|| Front Page Top

#2 It can't. There have to be multiple IPs. Something else must be going on here.

Ever read the Wiki piece on Moohammad? I'm just wondering why the sand apes haven't hit that site sooner.

Posted by Icerigger 2007-01-03 08:54|| 2007-01-03 08:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Might be a subblock of class A, assigned to the PTT of Qatar. I believe they would prefer to follow the european model, where all telecomm, including being the ISP, is done via a government-run telecomm agency. The sub-address might be from a university or government agency.

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2007-01-03 09:42|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2007-01-03 09:42|| Front Page Top

#4 They can uses a single IP for the network behind that IP address using NAT. It's pretty common when you want to control what goes in and out of a network. Usually they have more than one IP address but they can do it with one.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2007-01-03 09:44|| www.sockpuppetofdoom.com]">[www.sockpuppetofdoom.com] 2007-01-03 09:44|| Front Page Top

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