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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2007-05-20
I'll treat you to some of my system names:
- atlantis (my FreeBSD Desktop)
- joshua (my FreeBSD public facing web server)
- netw1 (my Debian www server)
- pegasus (my -mostly- Windows laptop)
For customers, I normally use planets, mythology characters, animals. A few years ago I created a network for a client with about 60 systems. I used planets, moons, constellations. These days, I usually give Windows clients boring names. I still try to give nice names to Windows / *NIX servers.