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Re:Airlines Are Running Out of Flight Numbers, and They Don'... by vel0city on Monday August 05, 2024 @11:34AM (#41162319)
> if you take someone elses public IPv4 address and they're using it, neither one of you will be functional, and they will come knocking on your door.

Sure, but if I have the IP address 1.2.3.4 I can have lots of unique physical things have that publicly routable IP address and have them all work if I do it right.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anycast

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