Re: IP address <--> Global Positioning System (GPS)
From: Erik (erik@geenspam.vanwesten.net)Date: 05/20/02
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From: Erik <erik@geenspam.vanwesten.net> Date: 20 May 2002 10:12:53 GMT
In comp.os.linux.security Lassi Hippeläinen <lahippel@ieee.orgies.invalid> wrote:
> Blah wrote:
>>
>> Actually, there is talk of doing just that. GPS devices have a unique
>> identifier already, so it would be no issue to link that number statically
>> with an IP v.6 addy, or dynamically with IP v.4. Either way, it would only
>> be worthwhile in a Laptop or PDA devices (or other web enabled devices).
>> The practiclal applications seem limited though.
>>
>> Wayne
> Doesn't make sense. IP addresses aren't bound to geographic locations.
> The prefix part of the address depends on the routing topology, but even
> that is derived from operator interconnections, not the location of
> their headquarters.
Exactly my idea.
EJ
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