On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 03:25:15PM +0200, Gabor Gombas wrote: > On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 07:31:37AM -0500, Steve Greenland wrote:
>> When proposing a variation from long-standing historical practice, >> shouldn't the onus be on the on making the change? What problem does >> 'localhost.localdomain' solve? Why is is better than just 'localhost', >> which has been common practice for oh, what, 20+ years? > It's being long-standing does not mean it's correct. I started > looking for any standards or RFCs that require that the address > 127.0.0.1 should resolve to "localhost" but I could only find some > recommendations for DNS administrators, and _nothing_ about > /etc/hosts. Having the DNS and /etc/hosts give different results is asking for trouble. RFC 1912 says that this discussion was had in the past and the conclusion was "localhost.". -- Lionel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]