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From: guy@sun.uucp (Guy Harris)
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Subject: Re: What's so new 'bout domains?
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Date: Sun, 29-Sep-85 17:31:34 EDT
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> There's a machine call mit-eddie and uw-eddie and when I type: telnet eddie
> I get to either one, depending on which nicname table is installed.  I
> know the difference, so when I want mit-eddie, I say so.  Doesn't this
> sound alot likethe problem that domains are trying to solve?  It sounds
> more like a non-problem that cna be easily fixed by individuals changing
> their names.

The key phrase here is "easily fixed".  If two sites chose the same name,
they may not find out about it until somebody tries to enter them both into
the same database.  At this point, it may be a real pain for either of them
to change their name.

A domain is supposed to have an administrator who keeps sites within their
domain from choosing the same name.  Two sites in different domains can
choose the same name without a conflict, since the fully-qualified names are
distinct.

	Guy Harris


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