On: Tell HN: I was permanently banned from eBay in one hour

[grishka]

> Unfortunately, if you live in certain areas or are forced to use mobile networks, with IPs constantly refreshing multiple times a day, major services can be almost unusable

Here's a handy list of valid uses for IP addresses:

1. Packet routing.

[yjftsjthsd-h → grishka]

I'm okay with very short lived IP bans to fight DDoS attacks. But yeah, that's about it.

[ineedasername → grishka]

How am I to remember all that? I need a mnemonic.

[blep_ → ineedasername]

Just remember the handy acronym "PACKET ROUTING"!

[antonjs → ineedasername]

It's right there at the start: I. P.