Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-lcc!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU!fair From: fair@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU (Erik E. Fair) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: What domain do private machines belong in? Message-ID: <16759@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: Tue, 6-Jan-87 01:11:59 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.16759 Posted: Tue Jan 6 01:11:59 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 6-Jan-87 18:52:26 EST References: <2847@ista.UUCP> <405@dhw68k.UUCP> <979@sigma.UUCP> Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 17 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 geographical method is best although >if it is a truly non-stationary machine then there might be problems which >could be solved by the special non-stationary domain. In real computer networks, routing is invisible (this is not to say that it does not change; just that you don't notice). Anyway, this misses the whole point: why should my name or address change, just because 1 or more routes to me have changed? They are three separate and distinct things, you know... Erik E. Fair ucbvax!fair fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu