I recently bought namingschemes.com, and I am plannign on putting server naming schemes on there after I graduate (since the job hunt isn't). Anyway, I have a small list of common naming schemes at my personal website (if you go to http://namingschemes.com, it will redirect), that is worth checking out. Also, read the RFC for network naming schemes http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1178.html. Dan > > At the north end of last Friday's beer meeting, there was a discussion > about > server naming conventions. I opined the names of 7 dwarfs works only > until > you get an 8th server. I've heard of using the elements from the periodic > table (bonus: use each element's atomic number for the ip address). > Robert > likes to use names of nuclear disaster sites (something about a Sun box > named Chernobyl that eventually blew up). But it seems to me that "ssh > threemileisland" > is a lot to type every time you need to login remotely. So, what are the > desirable qualities for names? > > - large address space > - memorable > - easy to type (short) > - easily spelled (unambiguous) > > To that end, I proposed using common names of animals. To keep the names > short, I'd like to use no more than 3 characters. This lead to a brain > storming session to come up with at least one 3 letter name for every > letter > of the alphabet. We didn't find names for all 26 letters, but that's not > one of the above requirements. Ursula seemed to have a knack and came up > with most of the following. > > ant, ape > bat, bee, bug, boa > cub, cow, cat, cod > doe, dog > emu, egg, eel, elk, ewe > fox, fly > gar, gnu > hog, hen > i-- > jay > koi, kid > l-- > man > nit > owl > pig, pug > q-- > ram, rat, roe, ray > sow > tux (not a "real" animal?) > u-- > v-- > w-- > x-- > yak > z-- > > > It was further proposed the router could be named "vet" and the dns might > be > called "zoo." > > > == Craig A. Smith mailto:craig.a.smith at honeywell.com > Office 763-954-2895 Cell 612.518.2200 FAX 763-954-2313 > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list