Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!nuug!ifi!enag From: enag@ifi.uio.no (Erik Naggum) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains Subject: Re: CS top-level domain and its impact on the UK? Message-ID: Date: 6 Aug 90 18:19:37 GMT References: <9008052136.AA05067@skinfaxe.diku.dk> Sender: enag@ifi.uio.no (Erik Naggum) Distribution: inet Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 17 In-Reply-To: thorinn@DIKU.DK's message of 5 Aug 90 21:36:12 GMT Originator: enag@svarte.ifi.uio.no Nntp-Posting-Host: svarte.ifi.uio.no In article <9008052136.AA05067@skinfaxe.diku.dk> thorinn@DIKU.DK (Lars Henrik Mathiesen) writes: > Since the only way to get from Internet to Janet seems to be through > nsfnet-relay, and its only DNS name seems to be nsfnet-relay.ac.uk, > which is not a legal Internet host name either, we might as well use ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > the %-free form until such time as the Janet might decide to have > their gateways follow Internet rules on the Internet side. I have complained loudly about things in the UK, but I don't think we should bash them for things which are not errors. As far as I can tell, "nsfnet-relay.ac.uk" is a perfectly valid and legal Internet host name. Can you explain what makes you think it is _not_ legal? -- [Erik Naggum]