Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 00:46:25 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> Cc: Raul Zighelboim <rzig@verio.net>, fbsdqs <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Server assigned DNS Message-ID: <199805122346.AAA14793@awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 12 May 1998 15:31:43 PDT." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980512152831.14956A-100000@java.dpcsys.com>
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> On Tue, 12 May 1998, Raul Zighelboim wrote:
> > It is a Microsoft/Ascend thing meant to set DNS servers during PPP
> > negotiation..
>
> No, it's a PPP thing. But it does not preclude using resolv.conf
> and it does not imply that name server IP addresses will be changing
> regularly.
>
> We do it here and there's not a speck of MS or Ascend in sight.
Yes, this is one of the things that M$ actually did right. They came
up with the original idea, and had it cast in stone - the right (rfc)
way.
> Dan
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