4 part domain names

[Hexren]

JM> On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 04:08:06PM +0100, Hexren wrote:
JM> : location. 510 could identify a rack or a datacenter so that
JM> : us.510.mail.example.com means "a mail server in the datecenter with
JM> : the id 510 which serves the United States".

JM> So 'us.510.mail' is an atomic, arbitrary identifier.  All three as a unit
JM> identify a certain node, and are selected purely for convenience of human
JM> operators, right?

I would say yes.


JM> I'm just making sure that the network doesn't treat 'us.510.mail' any
JM> different than it would treat 'foobar', right?

I would say yes too.

JM> I was thinking in java/python mode, where each 'dot-level' actually pointed
JM> to a node in the network, while what I understand now is that once you go
JM> beyond the domain name, the way you handle the other nodes is just up to the
JM> sysadmin, and is purely for human readability, right?

I would say yes yet again, only I do not know anything about python (exept
the name) so I cannot really say anything about that.


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