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[–] 5 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Aren’t IPs prone to change though?
If it does what’s stopping someone from somehow getting that IP and hosting a fraud site?

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    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.

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