Why doesn’t every computer have a hardware based static ipv32 address, along with a private key to prove it is the sole owner of the address?
Why doesn’t every computer have a hardware based static ipv32 address, along with a private key to prove it is the sole owner of the address?
Yes, but no. The public IP is that of the router, which NATs packets to each host, each of which must have a unique private IP. The public IP does not reference or identity hosts behind the router.
A phone number does not uniquely identify a phone either.