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In lugnet.publish, Matthew Miller writes:
> Mike Timm <mtimm@usinternet.com> wrote:
> > > Play Well? Visit http://lego.gerf.org/
> > Nice idea overall, but bad idea on the domain name.
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> "Gerf" doesn't sound even remotely connected to LEGO. Their policy states
> that you shouldn't use Lego as part of the _domain name_, which it isn't in
> this case. "lego" is the _host name_, which is an entirely different thing.
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> Granted, their policy also talks about "an internet address", but that's an
> extremely vague term. But the last sentence of the relevant paragraph
> clarifies: it would be misleading to use "lego" in the domain name.
I wouldn't say that they are entirely different things. A domain name is any
old DNS entry. Some DNS entries just happen to point to a particular host
machine. From a domain name standpoint, there really is no major difference.
[1]
Thanks,
Naji
[1] I spent my evening last night reading _DNS With BIND_, so this is all
fairly fresh. I don't have the book with me now, but I can quote the relevant
paragraph tomorrow if my argument above doesn't make sense. :-)
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| (...) There may be no functional difference, but they're very different things. A domain name certainly _isn't_ any old DNS entry. A DNS entry can be a lot of things -- an MX record, a CNAME, etc. Some DNS entries are for host names. Those get A (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
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| (...) "Gerf" doesn't sound even remotely connected to LEGO. Their policy states that you shouldn't use Lego as part of the _domain name_, which it isn't in this case. "lego" is the _host name_, which is an entirely different thing. Granted, their (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
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