NIC handle writeup
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David Kessens
davidk at ISI.EDU
Fri Sep 25 11:10:46 CEST 1998
Havard, On Fri, Sep 25, 1998 at 01:03:47AM +0200, Havard.Eidnes at runit.sintef.no wrote: > > > I think that there will be problems with "@" as the > > seperator. It's too much like a viable email address. I > > applaude the use of the domain name on the right and a > > domain specific unique handle on the left, the concern is > > the seperator. Howabout something like "%"? > > I fully agree. Another option could be ":". I think ':' would be a fine choice. > Then there is the > already established practice of using "-" (as in RIPE's case), I > don't see what's so terribly wrong with that. Making NIC handles > into something which could be mistaken for an e-mail address just > leads to confusion. I also like '-' best but there are some non trivial problems with handles like xxx-ORG and some other organizations that use '-' in the suffix part. > (No, I don't think it's such a great idea to > provide automatic mail forwarding service by the registry.) Agreed. > > I also don't think it's such a great idea to use domain names to > identify the origin of the data; I think a separate name space > should be used instead, e.g. one which could provide more > permancence. (As Bill mentioned, what do you do when a registry > closes down and its corresponding domain name is subsequently > removed?) This draft is an attempt to bring some structure in an unstructured name space. The problem occured in the first place because of a lack of cooperation. I don't see any reason why that would change if we write a nice draft and propose that somebody (who?) needs to maintain a separate namespace. I think that the only option that we have is to create something that requires *no* coordination whatsoever and that allows registries to use nearly all characters that they want to use. David K. ---
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