Date: Mon, 05 May 1997 19:58:58 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: Marko Schuetz <marko@ki.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bind before hosts and iijppp... Message-ID: <199705051858.TAA19979@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 05 May 1997 15:47:58 %2B0200." <199705051353.GAA25141@hub.freebsd.org>
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> I observed that /etc/host.conf specifies bind before hosts. When
> connected to via ethernet this does not make a noticeable (by me)
> difference, but when I run 'ppp -auto isp' a connection to isp is
> dialed even for name lookup of localhost.
>
> Maybe a better policy would be to have as few as possible entries in
> /etc/hosts, but have /etc/host.conf default to hosts before bind.
This would probably be a better default. Your best bet IMHO is to
add a dfilter to stop routed (if running) and named from triggering
the dial.
> Marko
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