Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2012 19:08:23 +0200 From: Thomas Rasmussen <thomas@gibfest.dk> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ifconfig accepting hostname as ipv4 address Message-ID: <4FD23187.9090404@gibfest.dk> In-Reply-To: <201206081104.24765.j.mckeown@ru.ac.za> References: <4FD0C1F4.2060108@FreeBSD.org> <201206080920.56986.j.mckeown@ru.ac.za> <4FD1AD1D.4050308@FreeBSD.org> <201206081104.24765.j.mckeown@ru.ac.za>
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On 08.06.2012 11:04, Jonathan McKeown wrote: > We find it useful, and a significant aid to maintainability and readability > of configuration files. Hello, What happens if your server reboots while the DNS server is down/unavailable ? This seems to be a bad idea for the same reasons that putting hostnames in firewall configs are a bad idea: You want the system to boot and work correctly regardless of whether the systems DNS servers were responsive at boot time or not. Best regards Thomas Steen Rasmussen
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