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Old 12-21-2011, 07:28 PM  
raymor
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Originally Posted by blackmonsters View Post
I don't understand the DNS system fully so wondering why can't the IP address be shut down?

We can block an IP address from surfing our websites with htaccess, so why can't
an IP address be blocked by DNS servers?

Because switching IPs is a lot less painful than changing the domain name of your site.
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