Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 16:33:24 +0000 From: Dick Davies <rasputnik@hellooperator.net> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 4 part domain names Message-ID: <20041124163324.GJ12945@lb.tenfour> In-Reply-To: <41A4AAEF.6080202@circlesquared.com> References: <20041123233501.GA82229@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <5557305861.20041124004849@hexren.net> <20041124000014.GA83249@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <8763344284.20041124022927@hexren.net> <20041124141737.GA11648@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <5315017844.20041124160806@hexren.net> <20041124152355.GD11648@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <10516350570.20041124163019@hexren.net> <41A4AAEF.6080202@circlesquared.com>
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* Peter Risdon <peter@circlesquared.com> [1140 15:40]: > Hexren wrote: > >JM> On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 04:08:06PM +0100, Hexren wrote: > >JM> : location. 510 could identify a rack or a datacenter so that > >JM> : us.510.mail.example.com means "a mail server in the datecenter with > >JM> : the id 510 which serves the United States". > > > >JM> So 'us.510.mail' is an atomic, arbitrary identifier. All three as a > >unit > >JM> identify a certain node, and are selected purely for convenience of > >human > >JM> operators, right? > > > >I would say yes. > > > > > >JM> I'm just making sure that the network doesn't treat 'us.510.mail' any > >JM> different than it would treat 'foobar', right? > > > >I would say yes too. > > > How does this square with the fact, as I understand it, that I can > delegate authority for mail.example.com to new nameservers which can > then publish host information about this zone? That's got nothing to do with the network. For example, I can create a host in example.com called us.510.mail and you can't stop me (evil laughter). -- Robots don't have emotions, and that sometimes makes me feel sad. - Bender Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns
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