In message <3A8C196C(_dot_)197E510(_at_)nma(_dot_)com>, Ed Gerck writes:
Actually, in the UK you can do just what you wish ;-)
You give a name to your house (say, "The Tulip") and
the post office knows where The Tulip is. If you move,
you can do the same at your new location, provided
there is no conflict. This seems to be more similar to the
notion of using an IP number as a name -- but isn't this
why we need DNS? ;-)
And if you move from London to Belfast, this will still work?
Relevance left as an exercise for the student.
--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb