Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 17:37:12 -0500 From: "Timothy R. Platt" <tplatt@nethampton.com> To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Systalk] localhost.org (fwd) Message-ID: <v04210100b45b8092a191@[24.188.227.12]> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.20.9911181258190.67369-100000@s01.arpa-canada.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.20.9911181258190.67369-100000@s01.arpa-canada.net>
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>Another thing you (the original poster) could do, is if you want your >machine to work on the net like domain.com, You could simply name the >machine something.domain.com, CNAME domain.com to it, and reverse the >IP address to domain.com. This will do the trick to having the machine >show up on the internet (IRC, etc) as domain.com, while leaving your >machine with a "hostname" so your domain would be '.com' or in your >case, '.org' -Matt > arpa should reflect FQDN, not a CNAME. If you do this you create problems for yourself when you contact other systems; for example systems with tcpd compiled -DPARANOID. It will work for nameservice purposes, but you won't be able to connect to my system, at least :) tim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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