On Monday, March 31, 2003, at 05:30 PM, Tony Hain wrote:
Let's assume that there is a FooBar server in SiteA. If
another node in SiteA (NodeA) is communicating via a
multi-party application to a node in SiteB (NodeB), and wants
to refer NodeB to the FooBar server in SiteA, what does it do?
Send a name.
What if the address has no name? Suddenly running a DNS becomes a
pre-requisite to running a network connected to the internet?
simon