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hkjhreiou
on Nov 14, 2019
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The importance of decentralisation
So just use a domain name instead of an IP address, like everyone else.
telmich
on Nov 14, 2019
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So, how does a DNS entry to 10.0.2.2 help to be reachable?
hippich
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Assuming it is not trolling. Every time you get new IP from the ISP, you update DNS record for that domain. And browsers can connect to it to the exposed 80/443 port.
xur17
on Nov 14, 2019
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I believe GP's point is that some providers don't provide a publicly routable ip address.
hippich
on Nov 15, 2019
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Ah, haven't experience such thing yet. But if such thing happens, indeed it becomes way more complicated.
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