* Peter Risdon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [1140 15:40]: > Hexren wrote: > >JM> On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 04:08:06PM +0100, Hexren wrote: > >JM> : location. 510 could identify a rack or a datacenter so that > >JM> : us.510.mail.example.com means "a mail server in the datecenter with > >JM> : the id 510 which serves the United States". > > > >JM> So 'us.510.mail' is an atomic, arbitrary identifier. All three as a > >unit > >JM> identify a certain node, and are selected purely for convenience of > >human > >JM> operators, right? > > > >I would say yes. > > > > > >JM> I'm just making sure that the network doesn't treat 'us.510.mail' any > >JM> different than it would treat 'foobar', right? > > > >I would say yes too. > > > How does this square with the fact, as I understand it, that I can > delegate authority for mail.example.com to new nameservers which can > then publish host information about this zone?
That's got nothing to do with the network. For example, I can create a host in example.com called us.510.mail and you can't stop me (evil laughter). -- Robots don't have emotions, and that sometimes makes me feel sad. - Bender Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
