My proposal might not be perfect, but I doubt this is its major problem. What characters can be registered in a business/company name that would pose problems to the DNS? I know from personal experience that the registries do not consider "I.S.H." and "ISH" as far enough apart to allow them both to be registered. So full stops could be disregarded. Ari Maniatis on 21/11/00 10:20 PM, Richard Archer at rha§interdomain.net.au wrote: > At 20:05 +1100 21/11/00, Aristedes Maniatis wrote: > >> - State registered businesses are given businessname.nsw.firm.au >> - Companies, etc are given companyname.firm.au >> >> There is no chance of collision. > > Your proposal falls down right there. > > The DNS is restricted to alphanumeric characters and the hyphen. > There are no such restrictions on business names, therefore the > chance of collisions is very real indeed. > > ...R. --------------------------> ish group pty ltd 7 Darghan St Glebe 2037 Australia phone +61 2 9660 1400 fax +61 2 9660 7400 email info§ish.com.au PGP fingerprint 08 57 20 4B 80 69 59 E2 A9 BF 2D 48 C2 20 0C C8Received on Tue Nov 21 2000 - 20:00:37 UTC
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