On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 12:23 PM, René J.V. <rjvber...@gmail.com> wrote:
> And when I out-comment the localhost definition from /etc/hosts, I can no > longer connect to that hostname. That's because, while a nameserver often comes with a zone definition providing a localhost definition, publishing it is a no-no. So 8.8.8.8 will not serve it to you, whereas a local nameserver usually would. (Roughly the same rule as for the RFC1918 private address ranges.) -- brandon s allbery kf8nh sine nomine associates allber...@gmail.com ballb...@sinenomine.net unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonad http://sinenomine.net
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