Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:25:58 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: "Chatty" config files in /etc Message-ID: <20060831172558.GA60337@dragon.NUXI.org> In-Reply-To: <20060831095352.GA52914@rambler-co.ru> References: <200608290920.k7T9KmV9067843@repoman.freebsd.org> <86zmdmfoow.fsf@dwp.des.no> <p0623091cc11b704fff62@[128.113.24.47]> <20060830202834.GA11284@rambler-co.ru> <20060830192456.2497b4bd.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <p0623091ec11bdac4f347@[128.113.24.47]> <20060831095352.GA52914@rambler-co.ru>
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On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 01:53:52PM +0400, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > additional read(2) syscalls and parsing. I'd replace the > default /etc/hosts with: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost > ::1 localhost Noting the RFC 1918 addresses in the default /etc/hosts is *very* useful. If we (part of the Inetnet community) wants to encourage proper IP use, we shouldn't hide this information in an obscure, seldom (?never?) visited directory. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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