Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ut-sally.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!allegra!eagle!harpo!seismo!ut-sally!jsq From: jsq@ut-sally.UUCP (John Quarterman) Newsgroups: net.news.config Subject: Re: Two sites with the same name ????? Message-ID: <950@ut-sally.UUCP> Date: Sat, 11-Feb-84 17:02:19 EST Article-I.D.: ut-sally.950 Posted: Sat Feb 11 17:02:19 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 14-Feb-84 02:02:39 EST References: <64@down.UUCP> <295@cdi.UUCP> <5681@mcvax.UUCP> Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 19 > >A more obvious problem: how is the new site to know of the coordinator > >until he's been on the net (and flamed at ...) ? > The site he hooks up to should provide him with the latest net.news.map > contents and/or the routing map. By checking that against the chosen > sitename you can be reasonably sure about the uniqueness of that name. > -- > Piet Beertema > CWI (Center for Math. & Comp. Science), Amsterdam > ...{decvax,philabs}!mcvax!piet The site providing the connection should check the new name for uniqueness against net.news.map and whatever mail maps are available *before* allowing the new site to hook up. If a new site does get connected with the same name as one that connected earlier, other sites should refuse to use the name and it should not be listed in the news and mail maps; public opinion is the solution as in any good anarchy. -- John Quarterman, CS Dept., University of Texas, Austin, Texas jsq@ut-sally.ARPA, jsq@ut-sally.UUCP, {ihnp4,seismo,ctvax}!ut-sally!jsq