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| word | definition |
|---|---|
| sovereignty/sov | ccTLD or 3-numeral code, as desired. Location of machine, by sovereign entity, or non-sovereign self-governing colony if desired and applicable |
| state or province/loc | state, province, three letter city code, or other location code as desired. e.g. Roubaix is written as rbx, London is written as ldn, London City is written as lcy, Washington State is written as 'wa'. Location of machine. |
| type | whether the machine is 'portable' (laptop, phone, tablet, battery desktop), 'h' (cjdns IP in AAAA), 'auto' (self-propelled computer on wheels), '4' (only A record), '46' (A & clearnet/local AAAA record for this machine), '6' (only clearnet AAAA record), or a 'srv' (datacentre machine). In the DNS, types are conjoined using dashes, with machine type first and record type second - srv-46 is a hostname for a server that has both ipv4 and clearnet ipv6. srv-4 can be the same server but with only the ipv4 record, or a different server with only ipv4 stored. In hostnames, the record type is omitted. |
| domain | top level domain |
| serial | machine number, two or more digits as required |
| name | Word, or "m" as desired |
Machines in datacentres will have FQDNs of ${name}.${loc}.${sov}.${domain} or optionally will fit the universal format ${name}.${loc}.${sov}.${type}.${domain}. Names will be your pick of a word, or a serial number preceded by the letter 'm'.
For example, Invictus (the main server of Umbrellix IRC) is named "invictus.wa.us.umbrellix.net". A server in Puerto Rico named "Wepa" could be "wepa.pr.us.example.com", "wepa.pr.pr.example.com", "wepa.pr.us.srv.example.com" et alia.
My laptop is named in the datacentre format, with the type (portable because it's a battery desktop (used to be a laptop til the keyboard broke)) in the name field. Its hostname is schoenefeld.portable.bc.ca.umbrellix.net. Its hostname should be schoenefeld.bc.ca.portable.umbrellix.net in the "universal" format this document describes.