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Subject: Re: bikeshed for all! 
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> 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.