Dave Crocker wrote:
I feel obligated to ask an obvious question: Why isn't a Domain Name sufficient to the purpose you have in mind?
the usual reason is that there's a disconnect between the domain name and the host or the app. the host owner doesn't control the DNS zone for his host. instead, it's under the control of a network admin somewhere. this leads to any number of failures, e.g. there is no stable name that is bound to the host, or the name-to-address bindings can't be maintained in an up-to-date fashion.
Keith