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Re: Domain names for ISP infrastructure links

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dorian R. Kim)
Tue Jan 7 17:23:23 1997

Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 17:21:43 -0500 (EST)
From: "Dorian R. Kim" <dorian@cic.net>
To: "Philip J. Nesser II" <pjnesser@martigny.ai.mit.edu>
cc: nanog@merit.net
In-Reply-To: <199701072202.AA047364530@martigny.ai.mit.edu>

On Tue, 7 Jan 1997, Philip J. Nesser II wrote:

> Could we agree on a fixed width interface designation?  fe instead of
> fastether?  tk instead of token?  etc..

Why fixed width? Given that different gear can accomodate different mix of
interfaces, the naming goop on the left side of domain name will be variable
length.

-dorian


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