Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:47:20 +0000 (UTC) From: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: "Chatty" config files in /etc Message-ID: <20060831193753.I46402@maildrop.int.zabbadoz.net> In-Reply-To: <20060831172558.GA60337@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <200608290920.k7T9KmV9067843@repoman.freebsd.org> <86zmdmfoow.fsf@dwp.des.no> <p0623091cc11b704fff62@[128.113.24.47]> <20060830202834.GA11284@rambler-co.ru> <20060830192456.2497b4bd.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <p0623091ec11bdac4f347@[128.113.24.47]> <20060831095352.GA52914@rambler-co.ru> <20060831172558.GA60337@dragon.NUXI.org>
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On Thu, 31 Aug 2006, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 01:53:52PM +0400, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
>> additional read(2) syscalls and parsing. I'd replace the
>> default /etc/hosts with:
>>
>> 127.0.0.1 localhost
>> ::1 localhost
>
> Noting the RFC 1918 addresses in the default /etc/hosts is *very* useful.
> If we (part of the Inetnet community) wants to encourage proper IP use,
> we shouldn't hide this information in an obscure, seldom (?never?)
> visited directory.
a) I don't consider RFC 1918 addresses "useful" these days.
9 of 10 people that I had come to the last years using
those addresses did not know why and what and anyway.
b) we should really consider 169.254.0.0/16.
c) examples in documentation should use 192.0.2.0/24.
just my 2EURct
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Bjoern A. Zeeb bzeeb at Zabbadoz dot NeT
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