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Best or worst developer interview question?
Week 48 Group Rant
bugHunter
8y

Are there any alternatives to IP addresses?

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  • 1
    8y
    I can think of Namecoin which is a name service based on bitcoin protocol
  • 1
    8y
    sure, postal address for example if you substitute the machine with a person :D
  • 2
    8y
    Mac address. Hashing of your windows licence. Pretty much anything that is unique could in theory be used in the same way as an ip.
  • 0
    8y
    @Tobyvw MAC addresses won't work if you're dealing with a few virtual machines. Some don't have hardware addresses
  • 2
    8y
    @TheLazyGoan Good point. I guess it depends on if the question was asked from the view of theory or in practical usages.
  • 0
    8y
    IP is just one of the network layer protocol, you do have others but none is actually used
  • 2
    8y
    answer: yes. not sure why you would want to use them though.
  • 3
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    @KeyWeeUsr Postal addresses would make software updates quite troublesome.
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