Proposed new operational mode for primary master

[Joseph S D Yao]

On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 10:50:45PM +0000, wallewek at kmsi.net wrote:
> Using a separate domain name for the inside segment, despite here being no
> logically compelling reason for doing so, conveys no value and
> unnecessarily complicates the naming structure.  It's a pointless kludge
> with no justification other than to keep the existing DNS infrastructure
> happy. 
> 
> The "strong reason" you ask for is simply that: simplicity.  We can almost
> always live with any arbitrary needless complexity, but every time we stoop
> to doing so, we are violating the rules that allow computers and networks
> to progress.

I would argue that your internal and external name spaces are already
inherently different "domains" in the commonly accepted English-language
usage of the word.  You are straining to make them the same domain in
both usages.

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Joe Yao				jsdy at cospo.osis.gov - Joseph S. D. Yao
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