[105799] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: what problem are we solving? (was Re: ICANN opens up
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay R. Ashworth)
Tue Jul 1 14:49:07 2008
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 14:48:24 -0400
From: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra@baylink.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <R8O16U1Z9gaIFAb2@perry.co.uk>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 12:04:57PM +0100, Roland Perry wrote:
> In article <20080630212216.GJ8195@cgi.jachomes.com>, Jay R. Ashworth
> <jra@baylink.com> writes
> >The Domain Name System is not now, and never has been, away to *find*
> >things, anymore than 123 Elm St, Worcester MA is a way to *find* a
> >house.
>
> What about "1 Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA" ?
Or 1 Tech Data Drive, Largo, or 1 Infinite Loop; yeah, there are lots
of good examples of why addresses are random and shouldn't be used to
*locate* things... except as keys into directories.
Cheers,
-- jra
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