I mean, I do put in http://149.13.0.80/radio1hi.aac to listen to Radio 1. I also use it to test my network when DNS potentially screwed up.
I used to remember the domain name, then I did the IP for fun, now I only remember the IP. Perhaps I could do reverse lookup, but it’s been working for quite a while now.
The same thing that stops people from getting access to your domain registration and changing the IP. You have a contract with your provider (ISP or DNS) which says that you own that IP/Hostname.
Your home IP address changes, but most business or commercial accounts are given a static IP address (or blocks of IP addresses) which never changes.
I mean, I do put in http://149.13.0.80/radio1hi.aac to listen to Radio 1. I also use it to test my network when DNS potentially screwed up.
I used to remember the domain name, then I did the IP for fun, now I only remember the IP. Perhaps I could do reverse lookup, but it’s been working for quite a while now.
Aren’t IPs prone to change though?
If it does what’s stopping someone from somehow getting that IP and hosting a fraud site?
The same thing that stops people from getting access to your domain registration and changing the IP. You have a contract with your provider (ISP or DNS) which says that you own that IP/Hostname.
Your home IP address changes, but most business or commercial accounts are given a static IP address (or blocks of IP addresses) which never changes.