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Date:      Sun, 28 Sep 1997 08:48:15 +0200
From:      sthaug@nethelp.no
To:        tlambert@primenet.com
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: r-cmds and DNS and /etc/host.conf
Message-ID:  <21893.875429295@verdi.nethelp.no>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 27 Sep 1997 21:27:02 %2B0000 (GMT)"
References:  <199709272127.OAA11524@usr08.primenet.com>

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> > but the vendor of that cr*p didn't get the underlying nameserver
> > working correctly at all.  (For example, the server never hands out
> > authoritative answers, even if it is for sure an authoritative server.)
> 
> This may be intentional laxity.  In their opinion, you are supposed
> to buy an NT server and configure WINS naming instead of DNS.

Not so sure about this - as far as I know WINS is going away in NT 5.0
(to be replaced by DNS dynamic updates).

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no



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