> Do you have any examples of a beneficial purpose for which a company would be > likely to outbid the nefarious purposes for such an address in an open auction? I'd be curious to see how much it fetches. I bet $256. > I’m betting running a free public nameserver isn’t going to cut it. It depends who you are. There are companies out there who throw millions at useless stuff and billions at marketing and advertising. A few bucks for a /24 is nothing. Michel.