RFC 2100: The Naming of Hosts
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This RFC is a commentary on the difficulty of deciding upon an acceptably distinctive hostname for one's computer, a problem which grows in direct proportion to the logarithmically increasing size of the Internet. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
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- Document ID
- RFC2100
- Published
- April 1997
- Authors
- J. Ashworth
- Status
- INFORMATIONAL
- Stream
- INDEPENDENT
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 3
- Also known as
- —
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