But surley all the domain name is is a link in the DNS server that points to
an IP address, so it shouldnt matter what the name is. I can see that
geographical info would be important for big companies, but for people who
just want a web site then anything should apply i think.
>From: Ken Yap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ken Yap)
>To: Jo Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>CC: Sydney Linux Users Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: [SLUG] Re: OT: why the .com.au?
>Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 10:40:28 +1000
>
> >IS it necessary to have the .com etc at the end of the addresses, what is
>to
> >stop me from just having say 'mydomain' without an extension?
>
>mydomain is not a recognised top domain so the Internet's nameservers
>won't be able to resolve the name. It's like deciding to call your
>1/4 acre block Knightland and asking your friends to address you at
>1 Main Street, Knightland. Nobody in the world knows where Knightland is.
>
>If you are running a totally self-contained intranet or internet
>(lowercase), then you can do what you like with domain names, but to
>deal with the real world you have to work with the convention.
>
>BYW: Some Web browsers will append .com, .net, etc. as subsequent guesses
>so you might sometimes get through with an incomplete domain name.
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