> Brent Chapman <brent @
GreatCircle .
COM> writes:
>
> | Reference the current discussion of DNS information hiding... :-)
> [...]
> |
> | From: Egotists Anonymous (koreth @
spud .
Hyperion .
COM)
> | Subject: And the Funky Hostname Award for this week goes to:
> |
> | 129_179_75_12.cdc.com
> |
> | Now, I've heard of uncreative host naming, but that's ridiculous.
>
> Well it does have the advantage of not revealing either the hardware
> type or the name of the project that this host has been assigned to.
This is wasteful of DNS name space. Perhaps you missed the note that
I sent out on April 1, 1994 where I suggested that we just re-use
IN-ADDR.ARPA? For example, lookup the address for
42.42.202.144.IN-ADDR.ARPA. (Or an MX record, for that matter.)
Louis A. Mamakos louie @
alter .
net
UUNET Technologies, Inc. uunet!louie
3110 Fairview Park Drive., Suite 570 Voice: +1 703 204 8023
Falls Church, Va 22042 Fax: +1 703 204 8001
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