From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 25 11:09:50 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB71C1065699 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:09:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from millenia2000@hotmail.com) Received: from bay0-omc1-s14.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc1-s14.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.86]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3B3D8FC23 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:09:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from millenia2000@hotmail.com) Received: from BAY126-W35 ([65.55.131.70]) by bay0-omc1-s14.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:09:50 -0700 Message-ID: X-Originating-IP: [204.249.77.1] From: Sean Cavanaugh To: Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:09:50 -0400 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <48db2995.BviIO9/dPuPT8Lza%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <119697.2728.qm@web30808.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <2A271C1D-8157-41B3-A2B1-EF57ECFD81FE@mac.com> <48d9ca8c.RZOeanRudui/84j4%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <18650.20577.490303.567389@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <48db2995.BviIO9/dPuPT8Lza%perryh@pluto.rain.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 25 Sep 2008 11:09:50.0840 (UTC) FILETIME=[3AC73F80:01C91EFF] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: My unqualified host name X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:09:51 -0000 > Dunno about the OP=2C but my FreeBSD machines do not have nor need > valid FQDNs because they sit behind a NAT firewall (and therefore > do not have externally-identifiable IP addresses). I want hostname > to simply return the unqualified host name (say=2C foo)=2C not foo.com > nor foo.uucp nor even foo.bogus. I don't need sendmail to handle > anything but purely local traffic=2C such as the periodic reports to > root=2C and it's just fine for it to identify itself simply as foo. > We were able to do things like this back in the days of SunOS 4=2C so > why should it be difficult to accomplish today? Indeed=2C why should > it not be the default mode of operation when hostname returns an > unqualified name? =20 =20 Common practice to handle naming was to use "computer.network.TLD" such as = "workstation1.freebsd.org" for the internet facing side of your network. In= ternal=2C if you were not running a split-horizon DNS setup would be to use= "network.local" or simply "local" for the effect of "workstation1.freebsd.= local" or "workstation1.local". therefore if for some strange reason it eve= r did get the FQDN outside the local network=2C nothing would be able to re= solve it to make it an issue since there is no TLD of .Local on the interne= t but could easily be added to an internal DNS server for personal use. =20 -Sean=20