{"draft":"","doc_id":"RFC1498","title":" On the Naming and Binding of Network Destinations ","authors":["J. Saltzer"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"10","pub_status":"INFORMATIONAL","status":"INFORMATIONAL","source":"Legacy","abstract":" This brief paper offers a perspective on the subject of names of destinations in data communication networks. It suggests two ideas: First, it is helpful to distinguish among four different kinds of objects that may be named as the destination of a packet in a network. Second, the operating system concept of binding is a useful way to describe the relations among the four kinds of objects.  This memo provides information for the Internet community.  It does not specify an Internet standard.  ","pub_date":"July 1993","keywords":["NAMES","Addresses","Routes","Objects","Nodes","Paths"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC1498","errata_url":"https:\/\/www.rfc-editor.org\/errata\/rfc1498"}