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Date:      Wed, 8 Jul 1998 11:41:44 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
To:        CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: DNS -- localhost
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980708113953.18188F-100000@java.dpcsys.com>
In-Reply-To: <199807081603.MAA00756@lucy.bedford.net>

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On Wed, 8 Jul 1998, CyberPeasant wrote:
> I've noticed that many example named.boot files do not include
> forward lookup for localhost, but have only reverse lookup for
> 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa.

localhost is part of your primary domain, i.e. localhost.dpcsys.com

It goes in the domain's zone file.

If you were in the habit of typing localhost. (note trailing .)
then you'd need a localhost zone.

Dan
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 Dan Busarow                                                  949 443 4172
 DPC Systems / Beach.Net                                    dan@dpcsys.com
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