Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 09:28:51 -0700 (MST) From: David G Andersen <danderse@cs.utah.edu> To: matt@BabCom.ORG (matt) Cc: bsd@a.servers.aozilla.com, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Systalk] localhost.org (fwd) Message-ID: <199911181628.JAA00586@faith.cs.utah.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.20.9911181119250.59440-100000@s01.arpa-canada.net> from "matt" at Nov 18, 99 11:22:20 am
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I'm with matt on this.
You should name your machine "something.your.domain", and then CNAME and
MX "domain.com" to "something.your.domain". Technically, your machine
doesn't _have_ a hostname! :) ... or its domain name is ".org".
... the software is behaving properly. The configuration is wrong.
-Dave
Lo and behold, matt once said:
>
> 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
> --
> "If the primates that we came from had known that someday politicians
> would come out of the...the gene pool, they'd a stayed up in the trees
> and written evolution off as a bad idea. Hell, I always thought the
> opposable thumb was overrated."
> -Sheridan, "A Distant Star"
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