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Re: domain name: internet vs. intra-net



On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 03:17:00AM -0600, will trillich wrote:
> at the risk of exposing another 'religious' issue--
> 
> let's say you have a static IP 12.34.56.78 and a public domain
> name 'mydomain.org' attached to it.
> 
> now you add a private internal lan using 192.168.*.* so your
> spouse and kids can surf for bomb recipes and porn...
> 
> what kind of naming setup do you use for the intRAnet? something
> totally different from the public access point ("timmy.my.lan"
> for example) or do you branch off the original public name
> ("timmy.private.mydomain.org" for example)?
> 
> ...and explain your rationale. thanks!

Think DNS. It doesn't matter what you call your boxen as long as
DNS information doesn't propagate upstream from your name server.
The only name(s) you want to publish to the world is the name of
your public access point.

Dima



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