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From: jac@doc.ic.ac.uk (Jim Crammond)
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Subject: Re: top level domain conflict with local host
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Date: 5 Feb 90 11:26:38 GMT
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In-Reply-To: Khalid Sattar's message of Sun, 28 Jan 90 21:57:58 GMT

Have you considered changing the name ex.ca to something else? I think
this would be easier than getting Canada to change its name :-)

More constructively (perhaps)...

Include ca in your top.dom and then in a local domain table add
aliases to convert big-endian addresses ending in "ca" into
little-endian addresses ending in "uk":

	uk.ac.ex.ca	ca.ex.ac.uk
	ex.ca		ca.ex.ac.uk
	xxx.uk.ac.ex.ca	xxx.ca.ex.ac.uk
	xxx.ex.ca	xxx.ca.ex.ac.uk
	...


A "cheat" to map all xxx's in just two rules is as follows:

	@uk.ac.ex.ca.$- @$2.ca.ex.ac.uk
	@ex.ca.$-       @$2.ca.ex.ac.uk

-Jim.