Hi, >> As nobody else asked so far - could you please elaborate on the >> relevance of my host having a valid DNS name for accessing the >> repository? > > I'm not sure that I understand the question. Don't worry, you did perfectly well ;-) > If you want to know why I've added this limitation: It's a sort of security > measure. Having no DNS for dialups is the rule for cheap internet providers > that want to save every penny. Or that don't have the technical knowledge how > to do it. These ISPs will ignore complaints about hacking and other stuff for > the same reason why they don't implement DNS for dialups. If your ISP is one > of those, just try it: Complain about the missing DNS. If they fix it, ok. If > they don't fix it, how do you think they will react if a non-customer has a > complaint, like getting hacked by a customer of this ISP? First of all thanks for your explanation. - I personally consider this security measure neither appropriate nor useful. - Do you accept DNS records from all TLDs? - Do you still accept cc65 contributions sent to uz@musoftware.de? Best, Oliver ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo@musoftware.de with the string "unsubscribe cc65" in the body(!) of the mail.Received on Tue Aug 5 11:09:35 2008
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