Subj : Re: Which Format for the hosts File is Correct?
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Sybren Stuvel
Date : Mon Dec 06 2004 05:24 pm

HansF enlightened us with:
> ... and I still do not see any place that states that a canonical
> host name is the same as a FQDN.  (It's not even in RFC 952, from
> what I can tell.)

My dictionary describes "canonical" as "The usual or standard state or
manner of something." I think in this case it means FQDN and
"canonical host name" can be interpreted as the same.

Sybren
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The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a
capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the
safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?

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