Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!husc6!mit-eddie!rutgers!dayton!meccts!meccsd!mecc!sewilco From: sewilco@mecc.MECC.COM (Scot E. Wilcoxon) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: What domain do private machines belong in? Message-ID: <774@mecc.MECC.COM> Date: Sun, 4-Jan-87 02:30:48 EST Article-I.D.: mecc.774 Posted: Sun Jan 4 02:30:48 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 4-Jan-87 21:47:54 EST References: <2847@ista.UUCP> <405@dhw68k.UUCP> <979@sigma.UUCP> Sender: news@mecc.MECC.COM Reply-To: sewilco@mecc.UUCP (Scot E. Wilcoxon) Distribution: na Organization: Minn Ed Comp Corp, St. Paul Lines: 36 Summary: Domain requirements summarized. Care to roll your own? In article <2847@ista.UUCP>, thomas (Matt Thomas) writes: >What domain do private machines (such as PCs) belong in? [I would like to >register ista in a "real" dmoain but as of yet I haven't figured which one >it belongs in. For now I'm using .UUCP] [...] I don't know of any existing organization which can handle hundreds of unrelated machines across the NA continent (Europe does have country domains) except for a few large information services. RFC 920 lists domain requirements. Several of the "initial domains" could be used for "personal" machines: ORG "... any other domains meeting the second level requirements." Countries Multiorganizations Domain requirements: Responsibly managed [a responsible person is named] Robust domain name lookup service Reasonable minimum size [one machine is probably too small] Registered [with NIC] What's needed is at least one gateway to a domain which can handle the personal machines. Maybe information services or common carriers (whatever the distinction is nowadays) can provide them. The grass-roots approach is for a "large enough" cluster of miscellaneous machines to tackle the "domain name lookup service" technical problem so as to have convenient and reliable mail delivery to support the group. A responsible person must be selected who can register the group. If several such clusters of organized groups exist, they might be able to get a single "multiorganizational domain" created to serve their community. -- Scot E. Wilcoxon Minn Ed Comp Corp {quest,dayton,meccts}!mecc!sewilco (612)481-3507 sewilco@MECC.COM ihnp4!meccts!mecc!sewilco National Enquirer seers: 4 Reality: 360