Hostname of www server

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Message-id: <9211201030.AA00859@nikhefh.nikhef.nl>
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 11:30:56 +0100
From: W.vanLeeuwen@nikhef.nl (Willem van Leeuwen)
Organisation: Nikhef-H (National Institute for Nuclear and High-Energy Physics)
Address: Kruislaan 409, P.O. Box 41882, 1009 DB Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Phone: +31 20 5925013, +31 2995 2499 (home)
Telex: 10262 hef nl
Telefax: +31 20 5925155
To: www-talk@nxoc01.cern.ch
Subject: Hostname of www server
Cc: a03@nikhef.nl

It is becoming common practice to create aliases for hostnames which
reflect the service they provide.

Examples:
ftp	anonymous ftp server
news	news server

See the output of the host command:

[nikhefh] ##[1] host ftp
ftp.nikhef.nl       	CNAME	nikhefh.nikhef.nl
nikhefh.nikhef.nl   	A	192.16.199.1
[nikhefh] ##[2] host news
news.nikhef.nl      	CNAME	nikhefh.nikhef.nl
nikhefh.nikhef.nl   	A	192.16.199.1
[nikhefh] ##[3] host www
www.nikhef.nl       	CNAME	nic.nikhef.nl
nic.nikhef.nl       	A	192.16.199.49
[nikhefh] ##[4] host news.cern.ch
news.cern.ch        	CNAME	dxcern.cern.ch
dxcern.cern.ch      	A	128.141.201.96
[nikhefh] ##[5] host news.desy.de
news.desy.de        	CNAME	dscomsa.desy.de
dscomsa.desy.de     	A	131.169.1.165

We propose to use the alias www.organisation.country for machines running
the www server.
This makes the replacement of machines invisible for the users.

Best regards,

Willem van Leeuwen