Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 19:02:35 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Crist Clark <crist.clark@globalstar.com> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: reverse or not Message-ID: <3AF8972B.BD18C1E7@softweyr.com> References: <E14wpKH-0002sJ-00@bsdconspiracy.net> <3AF6E858.77E9B72A@globalstar.com>
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Crist Clark wrote:
>
> Wes Peters wrote:
> >
> > Sheldon Hearn scribed:
> > >
> > > That's not what I'm suggesting. People were talking about /etc/hosts vs
> > > DNS. I'm saying that
> > >
> > > 1) DNS servers shouldn't answer questions about the loopback
> > > network.
> > >
> > > 2) Hosts should have hostnames for the loopback network
> > > hardwired into /etc/hosts.
> >
> > 3) /etc/host.conf should always have hosts listed before
> > bind, to be sure that you get your local definitions
> > *first*.
>
> I was thinking of applications like sendmail(8) that don't bother with
> the local resolver and really like to go straight to DNS.
Netscape. Grrrr.
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