At 10:52 AM 1/4/02 -0500, you wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Julian Opificius posted the following: > >JO>Remember that a LAN machine making a DNS request doesn't know yet if >JO>the machine whose IP address it wants is on the same network or off >JO>in Outer Mongolia. > >DNS doesn't care about local or remote. It's simply a protocol.
Right ! I know that! :-) >JO>If it's configured to make DNS requests to the local DNS server, >JO>shouldn't that local server DNS have a file containing static >JO>mappings for it's own DNS authority? Something like a hosts file, in >JO>fact? > >The bind configuration contains whatever mappings you give it. It has >zero to do with the host file. I've got that, totally .. So the question is: HOW do I give it those local mappings, if not the host file ??? That appears to be the big question here. Julian. ============== >- -- >csm >Dmitry is free! >Boycott Adobe! >Repeal the DMCA! >Stop the SSSCA! >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) >Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > >iEYEARECAAYFAjw1z8IACgkQv6Gjsf2pQ0p8SQCgjQVfdZPDtG79ctopCuc3Nlzo >PFkAn2TGDXVDjFLIMzA+M0CNcq0ZBtHP >=fQEd >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > >_______________________________________________ >Redhat-list mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list ============================== Julian A. Opificius. 802 Fawn Road, Elk River, MN 55330. Home: 763.441.1291, Cell: 763.360.5919 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 3268206 ============================== _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
