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In <1992Aug01.150232.5221@anomaly.sbs.risc.net> kd1hz@anomaly.sbs.risc.net (Michael P. Deignan (KD1HZ)) writes:
>If it *were* any of your business, then the NIC should require a domain name
>to be specified on their IP-address request form. The fact that they don't
>suggests that they really don't care what the name of the machine is.

It doesn't suggest this to me at all.  The fact is that IP numbers and
domain names are two entirely different things.  In the modern Internet it
is possible to have domain names without having an IP number.  It is also
possible to have an IP number without a domain name (e.g. my own network
192.101.2.0 has a number of hosts but no formal domain; a couple of the
hosts have MX records on the net in the us domain but that's it).

What becomes a problem is when people use either a domain name or IP number
which they don't 'own'.  It doesn't particularly matter whether the name or
number is already in use or not, the point is that as soon as someone else
wants to use the name or number and applies for it in the normal way, you
have a problem on your hands.

If the name or number is used only internally, then there's not a problem as
long as it is kept from the net at large.  However, you are advertising the
domain name net-wide through reverse name lookup.  This is what isn't
kosher.

I understand that the system is only a temporary test site.  However, even
if you intend to only use the name for a short period of time, you should
still register it.  Heck, you get forward name resolution free in the
package.  If you really don't want to do this, then just don't use a name
at all!  There's plenty of hosts out there that do this already.

The registration process for a domain really isn't all that hard either.
The major requirement is having two nameservers for it, but since you have
reverse mapping already, you have this already.  Then all you do is fill
out a form and then send it in, either electronically or by paper mail.
So why didn't you register?

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