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 QAA14070; Fri, 30 May 1997 16:12:59 -0700 Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) id QAA20100 for linux-list; Fri, 30 May 1997 16:12:53 -0700 Received: from neteng.engr.sgi.com (neteng.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.10]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id QAA20091 for ; Fri, 30 May 1997 16:12:50 -0700 Received: from yon.engr.sgi.com (yon.engr.sgi.com [150.166.61.32]) by neteng.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id QAA13838; Fri, 30 May 1997 16:12:47 -0700 Received: (from ariel@localhost) by yon.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) id QAA22076; Fri, 30 May 1997 16:12:30 -0700 From: ariel@yon.engr.sgi.com (Ariel Faigon) Message-Id: <199705302312.QAA22076@yon.engr.sgi.com> Subject: Re: Name the external domain To: lm@neteng.engr.sgi.com (Larry McVoy) Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 16:12:29 -0700 (PDT) Cc: davem@jenolan.rutgers.edu, ariel@sgi.com, linux@neteng.engr.sgi.com In-Reply-To: <199705302244.PAA11945@neteng.engr.sgi.com> from "Larry McVoy" at May 30, 97 03:44:59 pm Reply-To: ariel@sgi.com (Ariel Faigon) Organization: Silicon Graphics Inc. X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 ME5a] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk : :OK, I got a better idea. Make the top level domain linux.sgi.com and :the machine[s] stuff like : : linus.linux.sgi.com # because we like him (alias) linus.youre-hired.sgi.com (well, we tried :-) (*) : ftp.linux.sgi.com # because people will remember it (alias) : www.linux.sgi.com # alias : linux.linux.sgi.com # real machine : :Watcha all think? : Except for the fact that this is not scalable beyond linux stuff I like it. It is certainly the easiest to remember and we can always add entertaining names/aliases at the hostname level. 'friends' was my next favorite. If everyone agrees (and vernon doesn't object) I think we should go with Larry's scheme. (*) and we haven't gave up yet. -- Peace, Ariel From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: From: ariel@yon.engr.sgi.com (Ariel Faigon) Message-ID: <199705302312.QAA22076@yon.engr.sgi.com> Subject: Re: Name the external domain Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 16:12:29 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <199705302244.PAA11945@neteng.engr.sgi.com> from "Larry McVoy" at May 30, 97 03:44:59 pm Reply-To: ariel@sgi.com (Ariel Faigon) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com To: Larry McVoy Cc: davem@jenolan.rutgers.edu, ariel@sgi.com, linux@neteng.engr.sgi.com Message-ID: <19970530231229.9MK3f985iUwZhe-i4Wdg5Z8f1EgRErl7MbzVtuX_GHA@z> : :OK, I got a better idea. Make the top level domain linux.sgi.com and :the machine[s] stuff like : : linus.linux.sgi.com # because we like him (alias) linus.youre-hired.sgi.com (well, we tried :-) (*) : ftp.linux.sgi.com # because people will remember it (alias) : www.linux.sgi.com # alias : linux.linux.sgi.com # real machine : :Watcha all think? : Except for the fact that this is not scalable beyond linux stuff I like it. It is certainly the easiest to remember and we can always add entertaining names/aliases at the hostname level. 'friends' was my next favorite. If everyone agrees (and vernon doesn't object) I think we should go with Larry's scheme. (*) and we haven't gave up yet. -- Peace, Ariel