From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 22 18:47:24 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D85E216A4CE for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 18:47:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from rwcrmhc13.comcast.net (rwcrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.198.39]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA48F43D48 for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 18:47:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from be-well.no-ip.com ([66.30.196.44]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc13) with ESMTP id <2004012302472301500kcl6ge>; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 02:47:23 +0000 Received: by be-well.no-ip.com (Postfix, from userid 1147) id 3BFBCF; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 21:47:23 -0500 (EST) Sender: lowell@be-well.ilk.org To: ben@lanwest.com.au References: <40107BBA.80607@lanwest.com.au> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 22 Jan 2004 21:47:23 -0500 In-Reply-To: <40107BBA.80607@lanwest.com.au> Message-ID: <44y8rzbcuc.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 14 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: Domain name for local network?] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 02:47:25 -0000 Benjamin Meade writes: > Mauricio wrote: > > Assuming you a using a router to go outside, what you call your > > internal network is your own business. Only problem would be if > > someone from the outside had to access it. > > Once a dns server is set as authoritive, doesn't it try to update the root > servers regarding the domain? Nope. [Fortunately; think about the security issues if the root servers would listen to such updates.]