Re: Notes about identifier - locator separator

[Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch@muada.com>]

On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, RJ Atkinson wrote:

> > let's follow this reasoning to its logical conclusion and make the
> > identifier the full host name.

> It is important to understand that FQDNs are *not* globally unique
> in identifying a single host.

This could be considered a feature and not a bug.  :-)

It is of course trivial to make these unique if desired.

> This isn't an objection to your proposal, just an observation that
> you're proposing that we continue to use identifiers that are not
> globally unique.

It depends on what we want to address. I think most applications are
interested in talking to a specific service rather than a specific host.