From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (cthulhu.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.2]) by neteng.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id QAA13655; Fri, 30 May 1997 16:05:14 -0700 Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) id QAA18134 for linux-list; Fri, 30 May 1997 16:04:54 -0700 Received: from piecomputer.engr.sgi.com (piecomputer.engr.sgi.com [150.166.75.28]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id QAA18114 for ; Fri, 30 May 1997 16:04:51 -0700 Received: (from mende@localhost) by piecomputer.engr.sgi.com (970321.SGI.8.8.5/970502.SGI.AUTOCF) id QAA63456; Fri, 30 May 1997 16:04:45 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 16:04:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199705302304.QAA63456@piecomputer.engr.sgi.com> From: Bob Mende Pie To: offer@sgi.com CC: linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com In-reply-to: <9705301551.ZM7467@sgi.com> (offer@sgi.com) Subject: Re: Name the external domain Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Given that what Vernon is looking for is a domain for those hosts that are outside of the firewall (yet inside of the packet filter) that dont provide well known service names (www.sgi.com, ftp.sgi.com) I was thought of the strip of land around a castle that is between the outer wall and the moat. According to the "Castles on the web glossary" http://fox.nstn.ca/~tmonk/castle/glossary.html this strip of land is called the berm. /Bob... mailto:mende@sgi.com http://reality.sgi.com/mende/ KF6EID