brescia@CCV.BBN.COM (Mike Brescia) (07/18/87)
NIC.SRI.COM is not and was never the official name of any host. SRI-NIC.ARPA is equally hard to remember. I suggest that NIC be a name at the top level of the domain tree, and be the obvious place. The reason is that the Net.Info.Ctr is a top level resource, not actually some branch of SRI.COM. Suppose SRI changes its corporate name? Suppose ARPA removes its support of the internet, and the ARPA domain goes away? The (THE) NIC service should still be available by name. Mike.
PERRY@VAX.DARPA.MIL (Dennis G. Perry) (07/18/87)
Mike, I agree with you. The NIC should be availabe by name, regardless of where it is located. dennis -------
M.JSOL@DEEP-THOUGHT.MIT.EDU (Jon Solomon) (07/18/87)
It's a neat idea, but the main problem with that is that there is already another NIC (I'm speaking of nic.nyser.net). --jsol p.s. also there is a BITNIC in the BITNET namespace.
LYNCH@A.ISI.EDU (Dan Lynch) (07/19/87)
Jon, I think that Mike and Dennis were thinking of the name of the entity to be NIC (or .NIC to be syntatically incorrect). Dan -------
ROODE@BIONET-20.ARPA (David Roode) (07/20/87)
WaWhat about creating a domain under the top level NET domain, NIC.NET in there could be the name DDN.NIC.NET for the DDN NIC...... NYSER.NIC.NET for their NIC.... This also works for the NOC.... ARPANET.NOC.NET MILNET.NOC.NET etc. The NIC/NOC for the NSFNET is called NNSC for some reason, so NSFNET.NNSC.NET is also possible. -------
schoff@NIC.NYSER.NET (Martin Lee Schoffstall) (07/20/87)
Actually there is a "nic.isi.edu" also. Reading between the lines is sri-nic.arpa suppose to become: nic.ddn.net Or some such thing? Marty
schoff@NIC.NYSER.NET (Martin Lee Schoffstall) (07/20/87)
Actually the NOC for the NSFNet is called devvax.tn.cornell.edu. marty
STJOHNS@SRI-NIC.ARPA (07/20/87)
Guys, to forestall further discussions on this. The name "SRI-NIC.ARPA" is the official name for the NIC now and this is due mostly to historical concerns. At some time in the future (i.e. when I can spare the time to argue the case at the PMO), the NIC will change to something like NIC.DDN.MIL. (No, I don't want naming suggestions just yet thanks!) Mhing
leiner@riacs.EDU (07/20/87)
Mike, That was the reason for having ORG or NET as a top level domain. Barry ----------
PERRY@VAX.DARPA.MIL (Dennis G. Perry) (07/21/87)
Mike, who you gonna argue with? It seems to me that you should just write the memo to the Col and say here we what we are going to do and when and why. No one else cares about what the NIC is called. I will help you with the Col if you want it. dennis -------
ron@TOPAZ.RUTGERS.EDU (Ron Natalie) (07/22/87)
Watch out or they'll make the name of the hosts NET.INFO.CTR as you suggested.
M.JSOL@DEEP-THOUGHT.MIT.EDU (Jon Solomon) (07/24/87)
Oh, so there would be MILNET.NIC and ARPANET.NIC and NYSERNET.NIC and BITNET.NIC? Good idea! --jsol
steve@BRL.ARPA (Stephen Wolff) (07/26/87)
Indeed. One would hope that the name of the address of "the NIC" would contain no clue concerning which of the multiple, partially-redundant, National Research Internet databases (the InterNic) would answer any query.