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2024-11-14 10:42:10

Guillaume-Jean Herbiet on Nostr: Earlier, I saw here a discussion about the origin of "." as #DNS label separator ...

Earlier, I saw here a discussion about the origin of "." as #DNS label separator (involving nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqjw50ps6cehf060ytu6c7g4udrha6g002grwamtzvfhk8xk58nekqfh528n (nprofile…528n) or nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqrmlrk8t89jh2vv57je7xczz4nn5shkaa6m6zqqyh2hjt5ay9m9vse8h77u (nprofile…h77u) ?) but I can’t find it back.

Anyway, this morning I had an idea: "What if this comes from VMS (VAX computers OS) that uses "." as path separator?"
-> Those machine were popular in ARPANet/early Internet days and the analogy between hierarchical file system and #DNS could make sense.

Was it a flash of genius or already part of the discussion?
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