apcmag.com— Microsoft has built a Dynamic DNS type system into Vista, making it easy to connect to your PC from anywhere in the world without having to know its IP address!!
Nov 7, 2006View in Crawl 4
What I find funny, is that this has the opposite effect. Which would you rather remember?fe80::38e8:6b18:4b10:a4bdp.p3d1d6bc434051204edcdb57536c9fcc7c555b3f8.pnrp.netNote: I may have miscopied those, but the point remains the same. I know this is "secure" mode, and that you can choose a memorable name, but that's rather absurd. I also know that this is Dynamic DNS, and that the IP address changes, etc, but isn't one of the advantages of IPv6 that every network-enabled device can have a unique, static IP address?
I like that in Linux, I control it. Things just don't automatically happen! One of the reasons I stopped using Windows is that things happened automatically by default, IMHO that is a huge security risk.
SteelMaverick: "I'm sure you can turn it off." PNRP has actually been around since XP SP1 in the Advanced Networking Pack.Unless they have changed their mind on it, it is only enabled by default on the Vista betas to test out the protocol, it will be turned off by default for release.
kalmiNov 7, 2006
It's a cool feature.And it's against piracy too.
manitoba98xpNov 7, 2006
What I find funny, is that this has the opposite effect. Which would you rather remember?fe80::38e8:6b18:4b10:a4bdp.p3d1d6bc434051204edcdb57536c9fcc7c555b3f8.pnrp.netNote: I may have miscopied those, but the point remains the same. I know this is "secure" mode, and that you can choose a memorable name, but that's rather absurd. I also know that this is Dynamic DNS, and that the IP address changes, etc, but isn't one of the advantages of IPv6 that every network-enabled device can have a unique, static IP address?
coastieNov 8, 2006
I like that in Linux, I control it. Things just don't automatically happen! One of the reasons I stopped using Windows is that things happened automatically by default, IMHO that is a huge security risk.
ryosenNov 8, 2006
@danwarneJust like VNC does.
isnyNov 8, 2006
Something like this combined with Hamachi is all you need. Keep your private network private and your public network public.
grumpyrainNov 8, 2006
SteelMaverick: "I'm sure you can turn it off." PNRP has actually been around since XP SP1 in the Advanced Networking Pack.Unless they have changed their mind on it, it is only enabled by default on the Vista betas to test out the protocol, it will be turned off by default for release.
shagangusNov 8, 2006
It's nothing that hasn't been available for years through services like No-Ip, but cool nonetheless.
r3zonanceNov 8, 2006
Easier to way to track down PCs which have been zombied.
rishmasterNov 9, 2006
Wow. pretty cool, could be very useful. Would it negate the need for PCAnywhere type clients?