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From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net>
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Subject: Re: arrrgh, this was working Sunday...
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> >> A normally configured system /does/ run a nameserver, if only to cache
> >> the results of previous queries.
> 
> > Hogwash.  On my local network, is simply wasting memory and more
> > maintenance to run a namserver on all the machines
> 
> It doesn't take any maintenance at all to run a nameserver on all the
> machines.

I have to set them up to run, and when they die (which unfortunately
they do :( ) I have to go re-start them.  It's much easier to point
everyone at the central site, so when it dies it's *very* obvious.


Nate