example.com/net/org DNS records

Mon Jan 5 09:25:05 UTC 2004

On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 09:13:39PM -0500, Leo Bicknell wrote:
> I don't think I'm going out on a limb to suggest that names like
> example.com should be used by _everybody_ in documentation examples,
> least they pick something that might actually be used in the future.
> 
> To wit, the point is not that they "should not be used by anyone",
> as you suggest, but rather, like RFC 1918 space, should be used by
> everyone for documentation, example configurations, and the like to
> insure they never conflict with a real service.

If you are going to insist on being really pedantic, get it right :)
RFC1918 space is reserved for private use, not for documentation and 
example configurations. That's what 192.0.2.0/24 is for, see RFC3330. 

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Colm MacCárthaigh                        Public Key: colm+pgp at stdlib.net