cperciva
07-07-2002, 08:59 PM
How do you name your hosts (http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2100.html)?
 | View Full Version : Host names SoftWareRevue 07-07-2002, 09:16 PM Distribution of this memo is unlimited.Well, there you have it. More unlimited. :rolleyes: :D :pimp: I love poetry. :fairy: Andyc 07-07-2002, 09:31 PM This could be an interesting topic. I name my computers after Simpsons characters. allan 07-07-2002, 09:39 PM We used to use 80s musical acts, so we had: boygeorge cultureclub cyndilauper bryanadams michaeljackson u2 madonna toneloc police and a bunch of others I can't remember :) FDrive 07-07-2002, 09:49 PM Originally posted by Andyc This could be an interesting topic. I name my computers after Simpsons characters. I had an old Gateway named Dell. shaunewing 07-07-2002, 10:24 PM For our offices: All servers and computers in "DC1" are named with a space theme. A snippet from the DNS: ; Server names - ; Internet Gateway : mercury ; File server : mars ; Main Server : earth ; POP3 Server : milkyway ; SMTP Server : andromeda ; Intranet : titan ; WINS : uranus ; Proxy : hydra Some of the workstation names include: Jupiter Venus Saturn Orion Those in "DC2" are named after mathematicians and other academics. Some names include: einstein newton descartes nash nobel etc --Shaun allan 07-07-2002, 10:28 PM Originally posted by shaunewing einstein newton descartes nash nobel etc Dude...etc was not a mathmetician, he was a liberal arts major :D. ScottD 07-07-2002, 10:37 PM I like Aussie animals: dingo koala kakapo etc (as in "and so forth", "ad infanitum", "ad nauseum", not the animal, mathmetician, or liberal arts major) SoftWareRevue 07-07-2002, 10:43 PM Originally posted by DizixCom . . . . . . . . . etc (as in "and so forth", "ad infanitum", "ad nauseum", not the animal, mathmetician, or liberal arts major) :D :eek: :D :eek2: :D Just stop it, Scott. :D cperciva 07-07-2002, 10:50 PM I named a server "etc" once. It was a DHCP server. |