IMHO, the best naming convention for hosts was used by XCF: scam, cheat, graft, dupe, etc. We got into trouble when a clueless guy from [a large software company] tried to download GIMP via active FTP from ftp.gimp.org, and his firewall warned that graft.xcf.berkeley.edu wanted to open a connection (it was the same machine.) He thought that he was being hacked, and went complaining all the way up to department chair. - Misha Dynin