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Date:      Fri, 8 May 1998 14:48:40 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Leif Neland <leifn@internet.dk>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: named.boot
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980508144741.28068m-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980508102613.265B-100000@darla.swimsuit.internet.dk>

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On Fri, 8 May 1998, Leif Neland wrote:

> > Well, it does, you just don't notice it nor does it actually write it
> > down.  If you watch named do its thing with tcpdump sometime you'll see it
> > bothering the root servers when it's quiet and intuiting an updated list.
> > You can always grab a new one for yourself tho, it's in internic somewhere
> > :)
> > 
> 
> Well, why doesn't it write it down then?

It wouldn't be consistent if it changed it own files.  Plus, it's a
recipie for disaster -- if the cache seed file gets busted named won't
load.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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