On 2013-05-01, at 10:11, Staller, Allan wrote:

> Your Doman Name Service (DNS) should be able to overcome this difficulty. 
> A DNS translates an name (e.g. HOSTNAME) to an IP address (e.g. 
> 192.168.81.99)  or vice versa.

This problem most often arises because of acquisitions, reorganizations,
recombinations, in which case preserving the old domain name may not be
an option.

> If you are not changing the IP address, as long as the original name is known 
> to the DNS, the connection should be successful.
>  
Which feels backward.  Domain names are supposed to be stable; IP addresses
relatively volatile.

-- gil

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