RE: Proper www usage

> One could think of the "www" node in the same way mail servers are often
> named "mail.foo.com", nameservers are "dns.foo.com", etc.  It's a
> convention that got started some time back, but it has no formal basis
> or meaning. 

But RFC 2219 "Use of DNS Aliases for Network Services"
is a Best Current Practice and gives several reasons why distinguishing
between www.realbeer.com and realbeer.com might be a good idea.

Larry
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Received on Monday, 11 June 2001 16:54:56 UTC