The GNU Name System

Re:The GNU Name System by balentio on Monday July 25, 2022 @09:23AM (#32223884)

Am I right to conclude you can have multiple pet names pointing to a single global name? If so, might this lead to something like brand confusion? For instance, let's say I have a place called 4rergdes0903004059 as a global identifier for my company, Xerox. I would then make a pet name of something like Xerox.com to point to said global. However, Staples.com also points as a pet name to my Xerox global identifier...

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Re:The GNU Name System by schanzen on Monday July 25, 2022 @09:28AM (#32223940)

From a technical perspective this is possible, I think. But it would mean one of two things:

1. Your implementation/OSes default configuration is messed up. 2. You accidentally messed up your local configuration yourself.

If 4rergdes0903004059 is a zone owned by Xerox (i.e. the zone public key), there is not reason why staples.com would point there unless 1. or 2.

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Re:The GNU Name System by balentio on Monday July 25, 2022 @10:41AM (#32224977)

Ah, so the answer is basically no, since the key to the zone would not allow this mapping so long as everything was configured correctly. I did not see the key part but I did skim the article. Thanks!

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