Re: (Non)-Uniqueness of Net Names

[Duncan Rogerson <]

> 1) Should we remove the uniqueness requirement for net names in the
> Merit and InterNIC/whois databases? 
 
Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes please !  Merit and I have had a
number of headaches trying to get things straight in their database
when I've been registering blocks of C networks for NSFnet access,
when the block has essentially just had one name for the entire
block.

Even if two nets have the same name and belong to different
organisations, the other information you pull back from the
database(s) should clear up any confusion.

> 3) Do net names serve any useful purpose? Should we get rid of them
> altogether?

Certainly, particularly if a block of network numbers can just
have a single name.  I'd be loathe to have no option but to
refer to a network only by its number.

Dunc