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From: sewilco@mecc.MECC.COM (Scot E. Wilcoxon)
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Subject: Re: What domain do private machines belong in?
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Date: Sun, 4-Jan-87 02:30:48 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan  4 02:30:48 1987
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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.
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