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Date:      Sat, 11 Jul 1998 14:34:04 +1200
From:      "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, djv@bedford.net
Subject:   Re: Soft Updates? Mini-DNS?
Message-ID:  <199807110234.OAA01923@cyclops.xtra.co.nz>
In-Reply-To: <199807101813.OAA20920@lucy.bedford.net>

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On 10 Jul 98, at 14:13, CyberPeasant wrote:

>  b) "Mini-DNS"? Is this a particular flavor of BIND, or does
>  it mean "BIND" with wee zone files?

As a newcomer to UNIX and FreeBSD, I've found that references to a mini-
DNS refer to the use of DNS as a logical concept rather than a specific 
implemention of DNS or BIND.  In my case, it refers to the DNS I run on my 
subnet (3 nodes).  Basically, I define my nodes in my DNS.  If the DNS 
can't find a name in it's files, it references my ISP's DNS.  In effect, 
it is a caching DNS with a few hard-coded entries.

For the example I used to set this up, see 
http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/ppp/ppp30.html.
--
Dan Langille
DVL Software Limited
http://www.dvl-software.com : for race timing solutions

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