Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 23:12:58 +0100 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> To: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> Cc: chris@tourneyland.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hoping to configure DNS Message-ID: <19990905231258.B13099@lithium.scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <37D2DE68.9E76E121@gorean.org> References: <3.0.6.32.19990905012435.00825420@mail.9netave.net> <3.0.6.32.19990905135342.007de600@mail.9netave.net> <37D2DE68.9E76E121@gorean.org>
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Doug wrote:
> The fact that A) You failed to answer my question as to why you want a
> nameserver in the first place,
So that he can resolve hostnames? I'd rather run a nameserver than
maintain /etc/hosts (yuk!) on multiple machines, and a local caching
nameserver can speed up resolution of remote hostnames if they're used
often.
I found it quite easy to get BIND running for my local network, without
the book. I'd probably get the book for anything bigger than my home
network though, or if my nameserver was listed as the authoritative
nameserver for a domain, or something.
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