Re: [SLUG] [SLIGHTLY OT] Machine Names

[Scott Howard <scott@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Oct 07, 2000 at 01:19:30PM +1100, James Wilkinson wrote:
> On Sat, 07 Oct 2000, Dan Treacy generated:
> 
> >So I'm putting it to the collective brilliance of the slugger fraternity to
> >see what is put forth.
> 
> Work:
> 
> lister, rimmer, kryten, holly, cat, bob, blue_midget (nt machine)

Something to keep in mind is that underscore (ie, _ ) is technically not
a valid character in DNS, and thus should probably be avoided in hostnames.

However, a dash - is valid, so  blue-midget is fine!

(Yes, I know most if not all DNS servers/clients will handle underscores,
but thats not the point)

  Scott