[net.mail] naming authority

jordan@ucbvax.ARPA (Jordan Hayes) (08/04/85)

In article <2443@mit-hermes.ARPA> dms@mit-hermes.ARPA (David M. Siegel) writes:
>The major problem (and possibly advantage) of Usenet is that random
>additions to the network take place. No naming scheme will allow
>addresses to remain fixed if anyone is allowed to add any host name to
>a network at will. Some governing body must allocate names if order is
>to be maintained. If people do not want to have some central network
>operations center, than chaos will be a fact of life.

Simple -- you make arrangements for a unique (to your local domain)
name when you get your first link. Think about it first, and you have
no problems.

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