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Subject: Re: bikeshed for all!
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Bakul Shah wrote:
>> I need a word to use to describe the network view one is currently on..
> ....
>> setuniverse 1 netstat -rn
>> [shows table 1]
>> setuniverse 2 route add 10.0.0.0/24 192.168.2.1
>> setuinverse 1 route add 10.0.0.0/24 192.168.3.1
>> setuniverse 2 route -n get 10.0.0.3
>> [shows 192.168.2.1]
>> setuniverse 1 route -n get 10.0.0.3
>> [shows 192.168.3.1]
>> setuniverse 2 start_apache
>> [appache starts, always using 192.168.2.1 to reach the 10.0.0 net.
>>
>>
>> also the syscall is setuniverse()
>>
>> so, you see I really need a better name....
>> setrtab?
>>
>> rtab? rtbl?
>>
>> and the command should be called "????"
> 
> We called it vhost since to all other hosts it behaved like a
> host on a network.  In our implementation each virtual host
> had a set of interfaces and one routing table and you could
> actually "route" packets between these hosts among other
> things. You could even have for routing daemons etc. on each
> one.

WHo's "we" ?
 :-)