Date: Mon, 08 Sep 1997 22:27:33 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>, doconnor@Ist.flinders.edu.au, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Divert sockets.. Message-ID: <199709082127.WAA05170@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 08 Sep 1997 08:15:00 BST." <19970908081500.32320@pavilion.net>
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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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