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From: No_One on 1 Feb 2008 23:18
On 2008-02-02, Grant <g_r_a_n_t_(a)dodo.com.au> wrote:
> On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 01:53:45 +0000 (UTC), Tom Newton <tom(a)server.invalid> wrote:
>
>>Just make one up.
>>
>>Or let example.org stand.
>
> ~$ host example.org
> example.org has address 208.77.188.166
>
> Yeah, right...
>
> Grant.

As I recall, iana owns the domain so that and example.com and example.net
can be used in documentation and the like.

ken
From: Tom Newton on 1 Feb 2008 23:25
On 2008-02-02, Grant <g_r_a_n_t_(a)dodo.com.au> wrote:
> On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 01:53:45 +0000 (UTC), Tom Newton <tom(a)server.invalid> wrote:
>
>>Just make one up.
>>
>>Or let example.org stand.
>
> ~$ host example.org
> example.org has address 208.77.188.166
>
> Yeah, right...
>
> Grant.

Mine is google.com and it has never caused any kind of
a problem.

I am speaking from experience.

You ought to try it sometime.

Tom

From: Grant on 1 Feb 2008 23:36
On Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:18:29 -0600, No_One <no_one(a)no_where.com> wrote:

>On 2008-02-02, Grant <g_r_a_n_t_(a)dodo.com.au> wrote:
>> On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 01:53:45 +0000 (UTC), Tom Newton <tom(a)server.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>>Just make one up.
>>>
>>>Or let example.org stand.
>>
>> ~$ host example.org
>> example.org has address 208.77.188.166
>>
>> Yeah, right...
>>
>> Grant.
>
>As I recall, iana owns the domain so that and example.com and example.net
>can be used in documentation and the like.

Yeah, ICANN, close enough :)

Grant.
--
http://bugsplatter.mine.nu/
From: No_One on 1 Feb 2008 23:52
On 2008-02-02, Grant <g_r_a_n_t_(a)dodo.com.au> wrote:
>>As I recall, iana owns the domain so that and example.com and example.net
>>can be used in documentation and the like.
>
> Yeah, ICANN, close enough :)
>
> Grant.

It's Friday night. Close enough is good enough for me.

ken
From: Tom Newton on 2 Feb 2008 00:01
On 2008-02-02, Tom Newton <tom(a)server.invalid> wrote:
> On 2008-02-02, Grant <g_r_a_n_t_(a)dodo.com.au> wrote:
>> On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 01:53:45 +0000 (UTC), Tom Newton <tom(a)server.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>>Just make one up.
>>>
>>>Or let example.org stand.
>>
>> ~$ host example.org
>> example.org has address 208.77.188.166
>>
>> Yeah, right...
>>
>> Grant.
>
> Mine is google.com and it has never caused any kind of
> a problem.
>
> I am speaking from experience.
>
> You ought to try it sometime.
>

P.S.

The thing is, that no one (with any sense) and no software
(written by someone who knows what they are doing), 'thinks' that
that's your actual domain name.

They already know what your domain really is: It's the one your
IP, given you by your ISP, translates to. Or the domain registered
to you or your business or org that your IP translates to.

It's the one in your IP packet headers.

Tom

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