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General Discussion / Re: Beginner questions
« on: May 26, 2020, 01:17:50 pm »
Hi Bart,
Thanks for the confirmation!
I'm assuming VPS providers do this the same way and set the needed configuration via router & switch API's?
I've rented machines where the IP was obtained via DHCP, others have the IP set statically.
I don't understand how it would be safe to set the (external) IPv4 statically on the machine, couldn't the user set another IP when renting a bare metal instance? If necessary by spoofing the MAC address?
Thanks for the confirmation!
I'm assuming VPS providers do this the same way and set the needed configuration via router & switch API's?
I've rented machines where the IP was obtained via DHCP, others have the IP set statically.
I don't understand how it would be safe to set the (external) IPv4 statically on the machine, couldn't the user set another IP when renting a bare metal instance? If necessary by spoofing the MAC address?