Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!OX.COM!emv From: emv@OX.COM (Edward Vielmetti) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains Subject: Re: innovative use of HINFO records Message-ID: Date: 14 May 91 23:30:58 GMT References: <9105131515.AA02280@intrepid.erg.sri.com> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: inet Organization: The Internet Lines: 25 >> as a small aid to the problem, i point you to the uiuc.edu domain's >> use of "HINFO" records to spell out the full names of departments. >> e.g. >> >> cso.uiuc.edu. 50375 HINFO Computing_Services_Office NONE >> ag.uiuc.edu. 50400 HINFO College_of_Agriculture NONE >> >> An interesting idea, but isn't this what TXT RR's are for? (I realize >> BIND didn't support TXT RR's until recently.) I've done something >> somewhat different here: looks like a useful set of data, though as you suggest it can be a pain to keep up to date if system are moving around. still doesn't help answer the question of "what exactly is an erg in erg.sri.com", though. (engineering research group? one dyne-centimeter?) even trolling through the x.500 directory doesn't yield that information. -- Edward Vielmetti, MSEN Inc. moderator, comp.archives emv@msen.com "often those with the power to appoint will be on one side of a controversial issue and find it convenient to use their opponent's momentary stridency as a pretext to squelch them"