Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!husc6!wjh12!maynard!campbell From: campbell@maynard.BSW.COM (Larry Campbell) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: What domain do private machines belong in? Message-ID: <798@maynard.BSW.COM> Date: Mon, 5-Jan-87 22:56:31 EST Article-I.D.: maynard.798 Posted: Mon Jan 5 22:56:31 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 6-Jan-87 18:38:12 EST References: <2847@ista.UUCP> <405@dhw68k.UUCP> <979@sigma.UUCP> Reply-To: campbell@maynard.UUCP (Larry Campbell) Organization: The Boston Software Works, Inc. Lines: 22 Summary: geographic domain names considered harmful In article <1987Jan5.151408.24982@utcs.uucp> scott@utcs.UUCP (Scott Campbell) writes: > >Besides if you pick up your machine and move from New York to Minnesota all >the routing to your machine will have to be changed and likely you would need >to come under a new subdomain depending on who you connect to (Its likely >that you will have different links). ... The whole POINT of domainising the UUCP world is to remove routing information from the user's view. I am "campbell@maynard.BSW.COM", and if I move my machine to the West Coast, I would still be "campbell@maynard.BSW.COM". The pathalias database would change, and perhaps an ARPANET name server would have to be notified, but USERS would still be able to type "campbell@maynard.BSW.COM". For this reason, I think geographic domains are a bad idea. Domains should be administrative entities, not geographic ones (silly European political prejudices notwithstanding...) -- Larry Campbell The Boston Software Works, Inc. Internet: campbell@maynard.uucp 120 Fulton Street, Boston MA 02109 uucp: {alliant,wjh12}!maynard!campbell +1 617 367 6846 ARPA: campbell%maynard.uucp@harvisr.harvard.edu MCI: LCAMPBELL