On Thu, Jul 25, 2002 at 01:31:11PM -0700, Karl Auerbach wrote: | On Thu, 25 Jul 2002, Clark C . Evans wrote: | | > - it uses DNS to gaurentee uniqueness | | That's not a solid foundation for uniqueness. There are multiple DNS | spaces in use. One is almost completely dominant, but others do exist. It's good enough. | The object identifier space used for MIBS is much more usable for | uniqueness. Too obscure. With the Internet DNS system I can go to one of many sites, pay my $11 ransom and rent a domain name for a year. Even my aged aunt grocks DNS. ;) Clark -- Clark C. Evans Axista, Inc. http://www.axista.com 800.926.5525 XCOLLA Collaborative Project Management Software