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. --------------------------------------------- Answers inline with the original Mail. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
