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Date:      Mon, 09 Feb 2004 20:48:00 +0100
From:      des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?=)
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [call for helpers!] Tuning for the Beaver Challenge
Message-ID:  <xzp3c9kxcen.fsf@dwp.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <20040209191149.GD2860@hal9000.halplant.com> (Andrew J. Caines's message of "Mon, 9 Feb 2004 14:11:49 -0500")
References:  <1076342789.b793fb20dkt@digitalme.com> <20040209191149.GD2860@hal9000.halplant.com>

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Andrew J Caines <A.J.Caines@halplant.com> writes:
> If any DNS activity is needed, a local cache (eg. dnscache) can help, but
> so can a nicely populated /etc/hosts. Depending on the tests, it may be a
> good idea to have the hostname (fully and unqualified) associated with the
> loopback rather than the (primary) network interface.

that won't make any difference, the host's own IP addresses are
automatically routed through lo0.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no



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