Of course I can upgrade the software; and there's nothing forcible about it. We'...

jacquesm · on Dec 25, 2009

Ah, my bad, sorry I thought you meant in the tarsnap client. Then I really don't know why people would make a fuss over you hardcoding the ips in there. All you need to do is keep an eye out in case they change them (which you could even automate).

cperciva · on Dec 25, 2009

All you need to do is keep an eye out in case they change them

Exactly, and that's what I do. (With the caveat that I look for AWS endpoints being taken out of service, not for changes in what DNS tells me.)