Looking for RFC

[Kevin Darcy]

Perhaps nothing. Maybe the original poster's question was technically
off-topic. Wouldn't be the first time :-)


- Kevin

Jeff Younker wrote:

> Yes, but if it is not connected to an RFC defined network of any kind then
> what does it have to do with DNS or BIND?
>
> - Jeff Younker - jeff at mdli.com - These are my opinions, not MDL's -
>
>         -----Original Message-----
>         From:   Kevin Darcy [SMTP:kcd at daimlerchrysler.com]
>         Sent:   Thursday, January 06, 2000 1:14 PM
>         To:     'comp-protocols-dns-bind at moderators.uu.net'
>         Subject:        Re: Looking for RFC
>
>         Be that as it may, a machine can have a "hostname" without being
>         connected to *any* network. Or I could give a "hostname" to my
>         dog. I'm just trying to point out that there are limits to what the
>         RFC's can reasonably cover. For instance, we still have a few
>         SNA-only networks, and the admins probably don't know -- or
>         need to know -- what "RFC" even stands for. (Not that I'm any
>         kind of fan of SNA, mind you).