about: Root level prodir combined results

Danny Thomas <vthrc@mailbox.uq.oz.au> Sat, 14 November 1992 05:21 UTC

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...
>  0.00 Unknown Organisation, Agouti                                 717
>  0.00 Unknown Organisation, Dorcan Gazelle                         717
>  0.00 Unknown Organisation, Sloth                                  717
...
> 93.30 Unknown Organisation, opaxdsa, CNRS, FR                      716
>    24 Unavailable 
>    19 Timed out after 60 seconds
>     1 Network is unreachable
>     3 Connection refused
>     1 Host is unreachable
...

this is probably a very naive comment, but I've always found it amusing to
see entries showing "Unknown Organisation" in what purports to be the root
level of a global directory. Admittedly at present it is not a
well-distributed database, but maybe somebody could enlighten me on why
this happens.

cheers,
X500: @c=AU [I'm about to update VTHRC entries, soon...]
       @o=University of Queensland
        @ou=Physiology and Pharmacology Department
         @ou=Vision Touch and Hearing
          @cn=Danny Thomas
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