Message-Id: <199312142059.PAA03573@wilma.cs.utk.edu>
From: Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu>
To: dupuy@smarts.com (Alexander Dupuy)
Subject: Re: URN functionality from URLs
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 14 Dec 1993 13:12:12 +0500."
<9312141812.AA04704@brainy.smarts.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1993 15:59:57 -0500
> A nice feature of DNS that can be exploited is the concept of a DNS search
> path. When resolving 1234.rfc.nic.ddn.mil, my DNS resolver will first try
> 1234.rfc.nic.ddn.mil.smarts.com. and then 1234.rfc.nic.ddn.mil.
Not everyone thinks this is a nice feature. Some people would even call
it broken. Domain names (like URLs) are supposed to be absolute.
Keith Moore