It was a theoretical question, but I am sure I can assign any IP address
to any machine connected to Internet as long as I have the root password.
One example for such an architecture will be if I have a Web server with a
valid (meaning routable) IP address that is connected to the Internet. This
web server while responding to requests talks to a database that is on a
machine with a private IP address (even though both of them are directly on
Internet).
The database machine cannot be directly accessed from Internet, but the
web server can access this machine because it is on the same LAN.
-Krishnan.
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From: Bilal Muddassir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 7:52 PM
Subject: Re: [LI] Machine with private IP address on Internet (May be
offtopic?)
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> how can you be connected to the Internet directly and hold a private
> address at the interface thats part of the net? I am confused.
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