From owner-freebsd-security Thu Nov 18 11:39:44 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from kithrup.com (kithrup.com [205.179.156.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D325915487 for ; Thu, 18 Nov 1999 11:39:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sef@kithrup.com) Received: (from sef@localhost) by kithrup.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA22796; Thu, 18 Nov 1999 11:39:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sef) Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 11:39:34 -0800 (PST) From: Sean Eric Fagan Message-Id: <199911181939.LAA22796@kithrup.com> To: security@freebsd.org Reply-To: security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Systalk] localhost.org (fwd) In-Reply-To: <199911181629.IAA85609.kithrup.freebsd.security@apollo.backplane.com> References: Organization: Kithrup Enterprises, Ltd. Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In article <199911181629.IAA85609.kithrup.freebsd.security@apollo.backplane.com> you write: > No, you are absolutely right. I was about to comment on that > myself. My domain is 'backplane.com' but the hostname I use for > my main machine is 'apollo.backplane.com', not 'backplane.com'. > I then simply route backplane.com's MX records and, of course, > www.backplane.com, to apollo. I think it may be necessary to document this better... it's something I've been doing for years, and never gave a thought to it. I "just knew" that the domain name shouldn't be used as an actual hostname. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message