From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 27 21:03:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA03740 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 27 Nov 1998 21:03:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com (cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com [24.2.89.207]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA03735 for ; Fri, 27 Nov 1998 21:03:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com) Received: (from cjc@localhost) by cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA27092 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Sat, 28 Nov 1998 00:03:50 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from cjc) From: "Crist J. Clark" Message-Id: <199811280503.AAA27092@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> Subject: Re: /etc/hosts and DNS. In-Reply-To: from Oleg Ogurok at "Nov 27, 98 10:47:12 pm" To: oleg@ogurok.com (Oleg Ogurok) Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 23:00:47 -0500 (EST) Reply-To: cjclark@home.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL40 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Oleg Ogurok wrote, > Hi there. > > /etc/hosts does local resolution on your computer from domain name to IP > address (mybox.mydomain.com -> 244.71.177.35 for example) > DNS conects to the root servers on Internet and does resolution all over > the whole Internet. To use DNS you need to install BIND on your mashine, > and you also need to register your domain (like mydomain.com for example). > Check www.internic.net for more information. > > P.S. Pretty small explanation ;) And a point that could cause some confusion, you do /NOT/ need to register a domain to run a DNS server. Anyone can run named on their machine. Anyone can provide local DNS for their own net without registering a domain. It's only if you want to pass information to the outside world that you need to register a domain. The chapter in 'The Complete FreeBSD' about Domain Name Service is a very good primer and can help you decide. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message