Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 11:22:20 -0500 (EST) From: matt <matt@BabCom.ORG> To: "Mr. K." <bsd@a.servers.aozilla.com> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Systalk] localhost.org (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.20.9911181119250.59440-100000@s01.arpa-canada.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.991118110628.902D-100000@inbox.org>
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On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Mr. K. wrote:
[...]
: so, since my hostname is inbox.org, the default domain is org. it seems
: very unlikely that anyone would ever want this for a two part hostname.
: shouldn't this be disabled as a default for those names (but still work
: for those who explicitly add it)?
Forgive me if I'm just being completely daft, but consider this;
I have domain.com pointing to a machine, which is named s01.domain.com,
is my domain name domain.com or .com ? Now, .org would be the TLD (top
level domain), but inbox.com would be your domain name, a hostname would
be something.inbox.com. Though I will admit that the wording of the
resolv.conf man page could stand to be more clear. Having your domain
set like this to .org is a dangerous thing. As you saw with localhost.org.
Matt
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