Peter,
Thanks so much for pointing this out to everyone. I've known this
all along, but was afraid to respond with this kind of explanation
since my fire-resistant "flame suit" is currently at the cleaners. ;-)
...jay
"Zehler, Peter" wrote:
>
> Carl,
>
> I don't know who your ISP is but mine has no control over a server running
> on my host. They do control the length of my IP lease. In my case the
> lease lasts hours. Certainly enough time for a notification. (Not enough
> time to host a business...they charge for that.)
>
> I can have a fixed IP address and I can have multiple IP addresses if I so
> desire. The use of INDP assumes programmatic interactions in near real
> time. If I build an application that relies on this it may well impose
> requirements on system/network configurations as well as influence the
> components I buy.
>
> I see a real need for programmatic as well as end user notification. We
> should be specifying and building enabling technologies. Our role should be
> enable policy not to enforce it.
>
> Pete
>
> Peter Zehler
> XEROX
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: kugler@us.ibm.com [mailto:kugler@us.ibm.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 5:25 PM
> To: jkm@underscore.com
> Cc: ipp@pwg.org
> Subject: Re: IPP> notification methods
>
> It's equally impractical in the road warrior scenario. Most ISPs won't let
> you run a server unless you pay them for the privilege.
>
> SOHO is another problem. Windows Connection Sharing and other network
> address translation schemes are often used so that multiple hosts on a LAN
> can all reach the Internet through a single IP address allocated by the
> ISP. Of course, ISPs will be happy to sell you more addresses, for a
> monthly fee...
>
> So, it's impractical for enterprise, SOHO, and dial-up. What does that
> leave? Possibly some university networks (and Lexmark ;-) ); I can't
> think of much else.
>
> -Carl
>
> Jay Martin <jkm@underscore.com> on 08/04/2000 02:53:08 PM
>
> Please respond to jkm@underscore.com
>
> To: Carl Kugler/Boulder/IBM@IBMUS
> cc: ipp@pwg.org
> Subject: Re: IPP> notification methods
>
> Carl,
>
> Ah, now you've caught my attention... ;-)
>
> > Me and 99% of other end users in the real world. INDP over the Internet
> is
> > not impossible, just impractical.
>
> We must assume your term "end users in the real world" refers to
> enterprise environments, right?
>
> That is, if the "real world" implies a usage scenario describing a
> "Road Warrior sitting in her hotel room wanting to print a document
> at a local copy shop", then in your opinion can INDP satisfy those
> 99% of "real world" users? Or is it equally impractical as in the
> enterprise environment?
>
> ...jay
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