[tech] Re: [wheel] Mooneye/moray

Andrew Williams andrew at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au
Tue Jan 4 13:41:51 WST 2000


On Tue, 4 Jan 2000 13:09:42 +0800 (WST), David Manchester wrote:

>Right - I predicted a response from nick.
>My concern is that there aren't that many sensible m-fish names &
>people know machines by their services.
>Its a mindshift to start using another machine, for starters, +/- rhosts files,
>ssh keys and whatnot.
>I agree that CNAMEing mail/socks/coke is sane, in case of emergency
>and I think that mooneye's hardware is a good idea(TM).
>
>> mooneye took moray's IP address so there's no need for resolv.conf
>> fiddling or DNS redelegations.
>
>Rightho. So, for all intents, moray has ceased to be.
>
>I'm just curious... is that the right thing to do..?

Yep, I think that's probably a good thing. Machine names should refer
to the machine, not the function. Moray has already been too many PC's,
but mostly because changes happened in bits and pieces, not all at
once. Now seems a good time to retire the name, and the machine. When
UCCans reminisce happily about the good old days when mullet reigned
supreme, everyone knows they are talking about the Vax 11/750, not one
of a string of assorted machines over a decade.

Andrew





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