Secretary Gates said the new plan will allow flexibility and put in place a defense system more quickly than the previous proposal.

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Now that life has changed my priorities, the flexibility of the system becomes even more apparent, more rewarding, and more valuable to me.

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But a site can have multiple IP addresses, a flexibility in the system designed to let sites balance traffic among multiple servers or provide backup options.

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"Universities UK has supported the introduction of greater flexibility into the system which should allow universities to respond better to student demand, " said chief executive, Nicola Dandridge.

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