From owner-freebsd-doc Thu May 18 3:14:25 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from praseodumium.btinternet.com (praseodumium.btinternet.com [194.73.73.82]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7F9C37BE11 for ; Thu, 18 May 2000 03:14:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org) Received: from [62.7.33.41] (helo=parish.my.domain) by gadolinium with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #1) id 12s8bO-0002od-00; Wed, 17 May 2000 19:31:26 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA01139; Wed, 17 May 2000 19:31:19 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 19:31:19 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: NoP / Compiler , freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: redhat.org???? Message-ID: <20000517193119.B232@parish> References: <391E8111.CBB9E4E@todolinux.org> <26988.958551544@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <26988.958551544@localhost>; from jkh@zippy.cdrom.com on Wed, May 17, 2000 at 01:19:04AM -0700 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, May 17, 2000 at 01:19:04AM -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > > I can't understand why FreeBSD has registered redhat.org and > > has put into that domain freebsd pages... It does not give a > > good image of FreeBSD, IMHO. > > "FreeBSD" has done no such thing and I can't understand why you could > even infer such a thing from the available evidence: > He may have been referring to a post on -chat on 18/4 entitled ``Whoa!'': It's amazing what a typo will get you... howardjp@byzantine:~$ nslookup www.redhat.org Server: ns2.umd.edu Address: 128.8.76.2 Non-authoritative answer: Name: freefall.freebsd.org Address: 204.216.27.21 Aliases: www.redhat.org, www.freebsd.org howardjp@byzantine:~$ I tried it at the time and got the same response, but not anymore: parish:/usr/marko{61}% nslookup www.redhat.org Server: americium.btinternet.com Address: 194.73.73.94 Non-authoritative answer: Name: www.portal.redhat.com Addresses: 206.132.41.202, 206.132.41.203, 206.132.41.231 Aliases: www.redhat.org, www.redhat.com parish:/usr/marko{62}% > % whois redhat.org > ... > TotalConnect Internet (REDHAT3-DOM) > 3715 Blenkinsop Rd. > Victoria, BC V8P-3P2 > > As even the most elementary research shows, this is clearly a Canadian > site. It has absolutely nothing to do with the FreeBSD Project, nor > does: > > Huot, Marc (MHH155) marc@DREAMFORGE.NET > 3715 Blenkinsop Rd. > Victoria > BC > V8P-3P2 > > Visiting dreamforge.net's web site also does not indicate that there > is any connection between this site and FreeBSD in any official way. > > This is the Internet. Until Network Solutions changes their > registration policy, people can register whichever domains they damn > well please, including pepsi.net or iamlinustorvalds.com, and point > them wherever they want them to point. None of this, however, has > anything to do with the FreeBSD project, it's nothing that the FreeBSD > project can change and I'm mystified that anyone could ever think > otherwise. > > - Jordan > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message -- ...and on the eighth day God created UNIX ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message