you can add something like this to .ssh/config:
Host dl
Hostname download.sv.gnu.orgGood thought, that sounds better than /etc/hosts since it's much less intrusive and doesn't require typing IP address. Michael, anyone, objections to me doing that in a day or two? I'd also like to make the system prompts on the subhosts actually reflect the hostnames one can type to get to them. Is that ok? The discrepancies are just another source of confusion/error for my poor beleagured mind ... Thanks, k
