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That is the only reason I have heard that may make it worth the extra $10 bucks a year to register your name.  Wouldn't this have also been the case if you merged with a company with the same NetBIOS name in NT 4.0?  What is the probability of this happening? 
-----Original Message-----
From: Hutchins, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 12:12 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Root domain naming

If you ever (never say never) merge with someone else and they have the same forest name, you are hosified... We used root01.org and registered it. No ns records for it anywhere. no conflicts..
-----Original Message-----
From: Brad Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 10:10 AM
To: Active Directory Mailing List
Subject: [ActiveDir] Root domain naming

I’m in the middle of having an argument with the IT manager about the top-level domain name for our new A.D. deployment.  The manager wants to use a nonstandard name for the domain (ie. Dc1.domain.gd) for the root domain.  My position, which I’ve read a number of places, is that we should use a standard, registered, name for the root.  The manager’s contention is that this domain will never be live on the Net and so we can do whatever we want.  As I said, I’ve always read that you should use a registered name as your root, even if you aren’t going to be live, but there are never reasons given why this is good.  What reasons should I go back to my manager with?

 

Brad Martin

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