Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 13:12:59 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why not DNS (was: nfs startup - perhaps it is a problem) Message-ID: <19970915131259.59073@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199709150340.VAA21991@rocky.mt.sri.com>; from Nate Williams on Sun, Sep 14, 1997 at 09:40:03PM -0600 References: <199709142148.OAA22603@usr09.primenet.com> <199709150141.CAA26286@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> <19970915114213.54969@lemis.com> <199709150340.VAA21991@rocky.mt.sri.com>
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On Sun, Sep 14, 1997 at 09:40:03PM -0600, Nate Williams wrote: > Greg Lehey writes: >> If anybody can give me any reasons for using /etc/hosts, I'm sure I >> can refute them. > > - The box *IS* the primary DNS box for my network, and hence can't > resolve addresses at bootup until after DNS is running, but needs some > resolution in other parts of the system for starting up things until > DNS gets running. Interesting. What? I run a name server without /etc/hosts, and I don't have any problems. I contend that anything which requires /etc/hosts to be present is broken. > - The box is on a private home network made up of two hosts, and these > machines need to talk to each other at times. Setting up a DNS server > is a waste of resources for a private network. Why? What makes you think it's slower than /etc/hosts? > - The machine in question is using a slow and/or part-time network > connection, and while doing 'local' work with sockets and such > (programming, etc...) doesn't need to have the link up, and/or doesn't > need to be using bandwidth usable for other processes. All the more reason to run a name server. > Could I run DNS and solve some of my problems? Of course, but it'd be > like hammering nails with a sledge-hammer. It gets the job done, but > it's way overkill. I think you're overestimating the effort required. Greg
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