Re: RIPE DNS Hostcount May 1993


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> - in total an increase of just over 19,000 to just over 385,000.
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> - History again appended
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> - output can be found ion ftp.ripe.net:ripe/hostcount
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Marten, 

	I think it would be a good idea to supply reachability information
with these stats. ping'ing the addresses is a fairly good reality check 
(for example in Switzerland only about a third of the "hosts" are actually 
reachable according to the US domain survey).

Additionally, it would be a good idea to include a short statement 
as to what the numbers actually mean, and a disclaimer. Background:
more and more these numbers are used in PR, it is very well imaginable
that there might be legal trouble at one point in time.

Simon