Arni Raghu wrote:

> The /etc/hosts is essentially for routing purposes..

/etc/hosts has nothing to do with routing.  it's a flat text file for local dns
queries should you set your resolver to use 'hosts' in conjunction with or
instead of 'bind'

-d

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