On Sat, Feb 11, 2006 at 01:42:40PM -0700, Wade Preston Shearer wrote: > Why's that? Why was it even implemented in the first place? What's > the point in the sub-domain?
Um, because there are lots of different protocols on the Internet, most of them pre-dating widespread use of http[s]. Before http caught on, I don't remember using bare domain names for anything but email. It was always gopher.umich.edu, ftp.ibm.com, wais.whatever, etc. When the next big thing comes along and does to http what http did to gopher, it might get its own DNS record type, but it will probably be a sub-domain. I don't think www. should go away, but since it has achieved a sort of supremacy, it shouldn't be required. I set up my DNS so with and without point to the same thing. I'm Class A. Then I can still use www. for old web servers during the transition to the latest greatest. If that ever happens. Barry /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
