Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 3rd Feb 2009 19:06 UTC
If you were to break into my network, getting to the contents of the right computer would be easy. I facilitate digital burglars by naming my computers according to what they actually are; my main desktop machine carries the label "Desktop", my Aspire One is imaginatively named "One", and this trend continues down to "PowerMac G4", "Ultra 5", and "T2". I always found giving computers real names was a tad bit wacky, but as it turns out, it can actually be very useful to give your servers and computers whimsical but meaningful names.
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2006-01-04
I use Lord of the Rings characters for my home.
Too bad it's not a ring network.
Laptops are named after hobbits, servers (VMs included) after elves, desktops after humans and the router is treebeard
At work, everyone used to use whimsical names, but now they've switched to using WEB{n}, {Country Code}WRK{n}, etc. I'm finding it a lot harder to remember who/what is what, and repurposing/giving compuers extra tasks becomes a lot more difficult.
I think every machine should have a whimsical names, but have CNAMEs and such for purposes and regional organisation. That way, http.servers.domain and ftp.servers.domain can both contain a CNAME to a machine called Gimli! Now if only SRV records were more supported...