From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jul 11 08:12:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA09445 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 11 Jul 1998 08:12:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lucy.bedford.net (lucy.bedford.net [206.99.145.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA09429 for ; Sat, 11 Jul 1998 08:12:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from djv@lucy.bedford.net) Received: (from djv@localhost) by lucy.bedford.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA29346; Sat, 11 Jul 1998 11:11:48 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from djv) From: CyberPeasant Message-Id: <199807111511.LAA29346@lucy.bedford.net> Subject: Re: Soft Updates? Mini-DNS? In-Reply-To: <199807110234.OAA01923@cyclops.xtra.co.nz> from Dan Langille at "Jul 11, 98 02:34:04 pm" To: junkmale@xtra.co.nz Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 11:11:48 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, djv@bedford.net Reply-To: djv@bedford.net X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 -- The freedom to decide who you are and what you drink. There's nothing more American than that. So, be free. Drink RC. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message