-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Let's have a reality check here. Our job as **OPERATORS** is to provide our subscribers with simple and reliable access to what they consider as the Global Internet. They have the following 2 reasonable expectations: 1) That they can access any publicly acessible web, ftp, email, etc server anywhere in the world by using the destination's published textual address. Without, I might add, having to know that certain locations require loading a special plug-in, changing their resolver, or artificially padding the name. 2) That their customers or prospective customers can access any server OF ANY TYPE that they declare to be public by means of a single published textual address, usually in URL format. Again, with the same caveats as item 1. ************************************************* ** I challenge anyone to prove to me that ** ** their actual customers DON'T expect this!!! ** ************************************************* Remember that, regardless of theoretical arguments, _WE_ are the ones that have to deal with the messes that result from things like this... _WE_ are the ones who will have to pay for the increased NOC and Tech Support staff and phone charges... Tim -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> iQA/AwUBOq+znRRIXzEQLahvEQLjwQCg9TRKv6/zUrD6LAChoqUPNT0yzAUAoKjZ MHVyzwga/VMrkQ0tu7rSfMbE =xFJb -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----