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> > Not picking on you in particular, but isn't one of the greatest advantages > to having DNS to offer *meaningful* names to machines(assuming anything > other than a home network?) > > It's nice to be able to go in to a company and see machines named "www1, > www2, mx1, mx2" etc. which offer some indication as to their purpose > rather than "maverick, foozlebutt, blarg", etc. which offers no such > indication. I know it isn't as fun, but it certainly seems to be much more > useful (IMO of course...) > Sure. Esp. for blackhats. Which makes the more "attactive" target; db.accounting.bigcorp.com foozlebutt.bigcorp.com ... YMMV --bill
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