On Wed, 26 Jul 1995, Paul A Vixie wrote:

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Or, even better, for major metropolitan areas like SF, LA, NYC, CHI etc the name central city can be used instead of state.

I like this idea. (Note that VIXIE.SF.CA.US has moved many times since its creation, and though I've always been in the Bay Area I've not lived in San Francisco since 1988.)

This would seem to indicate that geographical domains are a bad idea and that domain names should be based on some characteristic that is less likely to change over time.

VIXIE.BIND.HACKER ?

Michael Dillon Voice: +1-604-546-8022 Memra Software Inc. Fax: +1-604-542-4130 http://www.memra.com E-mail: michael@memra.com

How much do we want to use the .US domain? For heavy use, we need a style for organizations that are beyond cities, countys or even states. I support a style that will be organization.US or maybe organization.COM.US (of all things). Dave Nordlund Dir of Technical Svcs Databank, Inc 913/842-6699 1473 Hwy 40 nordlund@databank.com Lawrence, KS 66044 "Your Key to the Internet"