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From: james@bigtex.uucp (James Van Artsdalen)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: What domain do private machines belong in?
Message-ID: <196@bigtex.uucp>
Date: Fri, 2-Jan-87 19:20:00 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan  2 19:20:00 1987
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IN article <979@sigma.UUCP>, bill@sigma.UUCP (William Swan) wrote:
> The magnitude, even if you could figure it out now, will not be static.
> As more of us acquire machines and the software to connect, this "domain"
> will grow. (For example, my home system is not on the net yet, but I expect
> to have it online within a year or so.)
> 
> Perhaps a new domain called ".HOME" could be created, if this is important.

I did not start reading this group until recently, but it seems to me that
at some point, probably in the not-so-distant future, domains based on
geographical distribution will have to be created.  For instance, I would
guess that within a couple of years, my address will be known as
"james@bigtex.austin.tx".  One machine in Texas would be the .tx name handler,
and it would know machines in Houston, Dallas and Austin that would have
databases for those cities.

As far as I know this could be done right now, except for the arpa-net people.
I would prefer that my address be something that the arpanet people could use
exactly like the uucp people use.  I know this is a problem with the .COM
addresses.
-- 
James R. Van Artsdalen   ...!ut-sally!utastro!bigtex!james   "Live Free or Die"
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