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To: Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net>
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Subject: Re: Divert sockets.. 
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> On Mon, Sep 08, 1997 at 09:10:46AM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote:
> > 
> > > And there's the annoying localhost DNS lookup, even though host.conf
> > > has "hosts" first, and the name of the machine I'm rlogin'ing into
> > > is in /etc/hosts (it's myself).  It triggers the PPP dial anyway,
> > > and I think that should only happen for non-local hosts.
> > 
> > Well, why aren't you running named?  It's faster than looking up
> > /etc/hosts.  And if you don't tell the world it's there, it's not
> > going to get any external traffic.
> > 
> 
> :(  Running named on the end of a dial-up-demand line is bad! :(
> 
> 'Tis fine until you start using the named for lookups and then it
> starts opening the line itself at random moments, i.e. when it's
> checking the validity of things still in its cache, etc.  That's why
> I use /etc/hosts on my home machine, and resolve  using an external
> name server on my work network.

Naaa.  Just use ppp & use a dfilter to block the DNS.  If you play 
primary for everything local (including any static *real* IP address 
you may have), it works wonders.  The bigger your LAN gets the 
happier you become.

> Joe
> -- 
> Josef Karthauser        
> Technical Manager       Email: joe@pavilion.net
> Pavilion Internet plc.  [Tel: +44 1273 607072  Fax: +44 1273 607073]
> 

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