name resolution

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sun, 26 Nov 2017 12:32:49 -0500, Tom H wrote:
>On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 11:00 AM, Ralf Mardorf
><silver.bullet at zoho.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, 26 Nov 2017 10:02:20 -0500, Tom H wrote:  
>>>
>>> There was a fedora-devel@ thread two or three years ago about dnssec
>>> where Lennart pointed out that Fritzbox is the most widely-used home
>>> routers and that the admin page is reached by going to "fritz.box".
>>> ".box" must be registered by now (I'd guess by "box.com" or
>>> "dropbox.com" but I don't care enough to check) so Fritzbox'll have
>>> to change something in its setup.  
>>
>> If I want to access my router, I'm using the IP 192.168.1.1, which
>> seemingly is the valid default for routers of most, if not all
>> providers [1]. I could use names as well, yes, names, since my
>> original provider was taken over by one provider after the other and
>> the router accepts different names.
>>
>> [1] http://19216811.wiki/  
>
>Some use 192.168.0.1 and others 192.168.1.254. I've also been at a
>friend's where the shipped default was in the "10.x.y.z" range.
>
>I'm not saying that Fritzbox is right, I am (or rather Lennart was)
>saying that this is what it's setting up and communicating to its
>customers. So it's a question of communication going forward. Maybe
>it'll switch to giving its customers an ip address.

Its very simple, we could use some name given by or ISP or simply use
an IP that is valid for most routers, even if we should migrate to
another ISP providing us another router and name, but the same IP.
Sure, in Germany we say "ich habe Pferde for der Apotheke kotzen
gesehen".

https://www.dict.cc/?s=Man+hat+schon+Pferde+vor+der+Apotheke+kotzen+sehen

The translation "You never know, anything can happen." is weak for
horses (are you serious for - I take it personally) ralph (vomit) in
front of a drugstore.