Re: [midcom] WG scope/deliverables

[Steven M. Bellovin]

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ed Gerck writes:

>
>Actually, in the UK you can do just what you wish ;-)
>You give a name to your house (say, "The Tulip") and
>the post office knows where The Tulip is. If you move,
>you can do the same at your new location, provided
>there is no conflict.  This seems to be more similar to the
>notion of using an IP number as a name -- but isn't this
>why we need DNS? ;-)
>

And if you move from London to Belfast, this will still work?  
Relevance left as an exercise for the student.

                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb