Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!decvax!tektronix!uw-beaver!uw-june!entropy!uw-apl!srg From: srg@uw-apl.UUCP (Spencer Garrett) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: What domain do private machines belong in? Message-ID: <116@uw-apl.UUCP> Date: Wed, 7-Jan-87 22:01:06 EST Article-I.D.: uw-apl.116 Posted: Wed Jan 7 22:01:06 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 8-Jan-87 19:20:12 EST References: <2847@ista.UUCP> <405@dhw68k.UUCP> <979@sigma.UUCP> <196@bigtex.uucp> <16744@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Organization: UW Applied Physics, Seattle Lines: 9 Summary: even non-geographical domain names change! In article <16744@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>, fair@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU (Erik E. Fair) writes: > The neat thing about a non-geographical domain name system is that your > name does not change if you move. And people move all the time. > > Erik E. Fair ucbvax!fair fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu Your domain would change if you changed jobs or even machines. The only changes the domain scheme hides are changes in connectivity. I personally think that geographical domains make a great deal of sense.