On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 12:08:30AM +1000, Mark Andrews wrote:
>
> > interestingly, some software vendors ship w/ license
> > keys tied to IP addresses... particularly for enterprise
> > level stuff. not so easy to update in my experience.
>
> I've always thought that practice to be STUPID. It was
> stupid 15 years ago and it is still stupid today. Yes
> I've had to renumber sites with keys tied to IP addresses.
stupid or not, it exists and is not ammenable to automation.
> > David is correct, scale does have its own set of renumbering
> > problems. While i believe you, i think your confidence
> > is based on some naieve assumptions.
>
> I'm not saying scale doesn't have problems. Automation
> however is the solution to those problems. That's why
> management stations were invented.
automation can augment renumbering events, but until we
have a fundamental change in architecture, renumbering will require
human intervention and will always be disruptive.
--bill
Opinions expressed may not even be mine by the time you read them, and
certainly don't reflect those of any other entity (legal or otherwise).
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