I think this is a given - although we misshandled it with a4d.

-Zack

On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 09:58:03AM -0700, Ka-Ping Yee wrote:
> > On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, Goldberg, Joseph wrote:
> > > I see that Ping registered deanspace.org, but shouldn't we register
> > > deanspace.net as well, if for no other reason than to point it to .org
> > > (or vice versa)?
> >
> > I have both (for exactly that purpose).
>
> I apologize, but this is one of my buttons.  *Please* do not alias the
> second-level domain name space.  It creates *horrible* incorrect expectations
> in the minds of untrained users.  If you feel the need to register them both,
> use them in the fashion originally intended: reserve .net for infrastructural
> machine names and other things invisible to the public.  At worst, alias
> *everything* in one of them to the *root* of the other.
>
> In practice, you're not really protecting yourself from anything unless you
> register deanspace.*, and (luckily), that's not practical.
>
> Cheers,
> -- jra
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