From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 22 14:41:05 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE8A516A4CE for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:41:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net (smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.62]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E001943D41 for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:41:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from 209-6-197-67.c3-0.smr-ubr1.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com ([209.6.197.67] helo=jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) by smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #4) id 1AjnVY-0006WY-00 for questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 17:41:04 -0500 From: Robert Huff MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <16400.20863.476974.444758@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 17:41:03 -0500 To: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200401221539.24964.racerx@makeworld.com> References: <20040122193236.GA55754@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <200401222231.01398.freebsd-questions@webteckies.org> <200401221539.24964.racerx@makeworld.com> X-Mailer: VM 7.14 under 21.5 (beta15) "celery" XEmacs Lucid Subject: Re: Domain name for local network? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 22:41:05 -0000 Chris writes: > If he's behind some sort of routing device, he can certainly > setup a DNS witin his own network. Of course; the trick is to do it in such a way that when - may it be soon! - he gets out from behind that routing device changing to a real DNS setup will be quick, relatively painless, and not complicate anyone else's life. I recommended installing Bind 9 and using views. Robert Huff