bmg@mck-csc.UUCP (Bernard M. Gunther) (09/26/85)
I'm really curious about this long arguement about domains. Haven't we always had them to some extent? All the computers at MIT have a name that starts with MIT- which tells everyone who sees it that the machine is located at MIT. Many other universities do this also. Isn't adding domains just formalizing this method? Domains just lengthen the name of the machine in a manner such that some mailers MAY be able to processes it more efficiently. There's a machine call mit-eddie and uw-eddie and when I type: telnet eddie I get to either one, depending on which nicname table is installed. I know the difference, so when I want mit-eddie, I say so. Doesn't this sound alot likethe problem that domains are trying to solve? It sounds more like a non-problem that cna be easily fixed by individuals changing their names. (ATT sites adding .att to their names etc.) Is this true, or am I missing something? Bernie Gunther mit-eddie!mck-csc!bmg
guy@sun.uucp (Guy Harris) (09/30/85)
> There's a machine call mit-eddie and uw-eddie and when I type: telnet eddie > I get to either one, depending on which nicname table is installed. I > know the difference, so when I want mit-eddie, I say so. Doesn't this > sound alot likethe problem that domains are trying to solve? It sounds > more like a non-problem that cna be easily fixed by individuals changing > their names. The key phrase here is "easily fixed". If two sites chose the same name, they may not find out about it until somebody tries to enter them both into the same database. At this point, it may be a real pain for either of them to change their name. A domain is supposed to have an administrator who keeps sites within their domain from choosing the same name. Two sites in different domains can choose the same name without a conflict, since the fully-qualified names are distinct. Guy Harris