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Thread ID: 28711	2002-12-29 01:28:00	the no 'www' in http://somename.co.nz	E.ric (351)	Press F1

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109612	2002-12-29 01:28:00	How does it work? e.g. like you type in http://pressf1.co.nz and you get http://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz would pressf1 have to be register with nzdomains to stop other webs using like www.anywebsite.co.nz and having http://pressf1.anywebsite.co.nz, I am not interested in using pressf1 just used it in the example to get a grip of the theory.	E.ric (351)
109613	2002-12-29 01:32:00	Yes. Anyone can have "pressf1" as the host name in a Fully Qualified Domain Name. A few people have "www" as the host name in their FQDNs. :D	Graham L (2)
109614	2002-12-29 02:32:00	pressf1.co.nz is a registered Domain Name	Jim B (153)
109615	2002-12-29 02:44:00	Yes, that is a registered FQDN. So could be "pressf1.anywhere.co.nz" ... unique names are unique names. The top level parts of domain names like "co" and "nz" are owned by the registries ... when they appear in those positions. It is possible to register "co.nz.co.nz.co.nz", though I imagine that the registries would try to persuade you not to. The "co.nz" at the end identifies the NZ commercial domain. Anything before that is up to the person who wants to register a name. The names are just a people-friendly way of giving a link to the numerical "dot-quad" IP addresses, which are what the network uses for addresses. "www" is a host name ... it is used as a hint that a host provides an http server, but it is the "http://" prefix in a URL which says to use that protocol.	Graham L (2)
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