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- 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
-
-