Internet registration

[Ed Vielmetti]

In article <26463 at adm.brl.mil> johnboyd at logdis1.oc.aflc.af.mil (John Boyd;CRENP) writes:

   Trouble is, I cant't seem to
   find the info that I need to be able to decide for myself whether I should
   be persuing .org, .us, or .uucp registration.  

There is no internet registry for .uucp; that's taken care of by the
UUCP mapping project, and putting a proper entry in the maps for your
state or country.

There are advantages to .us registration.  Someone else will run the
name server for you; it's free; the name you get is meaningful (e.g.
host.domain.city-name.st.us or host.city-name.st.us).  No muss, no
fuss, reliable.

There are advantages to .org registration.  You can choose who will
run the name server for you, and you have full flexibility as to
dividing it up.  So your name could be host.domain.org or
host.sub.domain.org or just domain.org.  It can be an easy way of
getting names for a number of your friends all at once.  If you ever
get on the internet, having your own .org domain will be helpful.

If you have a single machine with a single name, .us registration
makes sense.   At 2 systems, I'd start thinking about .org.  Beyond 2,
.org is probably best.  

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