Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 11:11:48 -0400 (EDT) From: CyberPeasant <djv@lucy.bedford.net> To: junkmale@xtra.co.nz Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, djv@bedford.net Subject: Re: Soft Updates? Mini-DNS? Message-ID: <199807111511.LAA29346@lucy.bedford.net> In-Reply-To: <199807110234.OAA01923@cyclops.xtra.co.nz> from Dan Langille at "Jul 11, 98 02:34:04 pm"
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Dan Langille wrote
> On 10 Jul 98, at 14:13, CyberPeasant wrote:
>
> > b) "Mini-DNS"? Is this a particular flavor of BIND, or does
> > it mean "BIND" with wee zone files?
>
> As a newcomer to UNIX and FreeBSD, I've found that references to a mini-
> DNS refer to the use of DNS as a logical concept rather than a specific
> implemention of DNS or BIND. In my case, it refers to the DNS I run on my
> subnet (3 nodes). Basically, I define my nodes in my DNS. If the DNS
> can't find a name in it's files, it references my ISP's DNS. In effect,
> it is a caching DNS with a few hard-coded entries.
OK, tnx. No new features, then. People have been usin this phrase as
if it were something novel.
Dave
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