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Originally Posted by jacksonm
No, it's not. I don't know where you got that from.
Assume I buy fiddle.com. I set the nameservers to be ns1.netauth.com and ns2.netauth.com. The domain still does not have an ip address, it's unreachable.
I have two ip addresses allocated to me by my server provider, one I use for developed domains, and one I use for network maintenance. I enter a record for fiddle.net into my dns servers and assign it the ip address I use for all of my developed domains or the ip address for sedo/namedrive parking webserver, depending on whether I want to develop it or park it.
My webserver has hosted thousands of domains, and all of them shared a single ip address. It's called "Name Based Virtual Hosting" in the Apache webserver. Quite common. Parking companies do it exactly the same way.
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Dave is still right, every site (or domain) needs an IP address to be reached.
Let's put it a different way:
Everybody needs a home to live. Although many people can share a home together, the statement "everybody needs a home to live" is till correct and valid. It all depends how you can afford or which way is more convenient. And therefore houses (or real estate) are valuable.
If you are rich enough, you want to have your own home. For serious sites, a separate IP is always preferable.