From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 27 19:40:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA28292 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 27 Nov 1998 19:40:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ogurok.com (ogurok.com [208.212.72.37]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA28287 for ; Fri, 27 Nov 1998 19:40:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from oleg@ogurok.com) Received: from localhost (oleg@localhost) by ogurok.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id WAA00457; Fri, 27 Nov 1998 22:47:12 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from oleg@ogurok.com) Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 22:47:12 -0500 (EST) From: Oleg Ogurok To: Albert Chen cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /etc/hosts and DNS. In-Reply-To: <199811280332.TAA00478@law-f70.hotmail.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi there. /etc/hosts does local resolution on your computer from domain name to IP address (mybox.mydomain.com -> 244.71.177.35 for example) DNS conects to the root servers on Internet and does resolution all over the whole Internet. To use DNS you need to install BIND on your mashine, and you also need to register your domain (like mydomain.com for example). Check www.internic.net for more information. P.S. Pretty small explanation ;) Oleg Ogurok oleg@ogurok.com http://www.ogurok.com On Fri, 27 Nov 1998, Albert Chen wrote: > Hi, > > I'm a new to UNIX. Would anyone tell me which /etc/hosts and DNS > mean? Is DNS better than /etc/hosts? > > TIA, > Albert. > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message