FAO: Barry Margolin

[Marc Redmile-Gordon]

Thanks Barry,

Giving the others names in our own domain sounds like a good idea.
( unless they decide to go live, in which case we'll have to change it )
Thanks for the idea though - and for clarifying a few things with me.

I've really got to brush up on this "BIND" stuff - I'm getting left behind
here.

cheers,
Marc.



Barry Margolin <barmar at bbnplanet.com> wrote in message
news:6qHV3.92$u3.2273 at burlma1-snr2...
> In article <8077n6$lh2$1 at soap.pipex.net>,
> Marc Redmile-Gordon <marc at carsplus.co.uk> wrote:
> >The remote servers are NOT on the internet.  If I want to telnet to them
I
> >must specify a route to the host on my server.
> >That route would go via an isdn to isdn router connection.  I could just
add
> >a route and have no DNS involved at all.
> >Then I would have to type "telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" to get to the host I
> >want.
> >Alternatively, I can put an entry into /etc/hosts and type "telnet
> >hostname" - which would make my life a lot easier BUT it is not good
> >practise to use a hosts file alongside DNS is it not ?
> >
> >So what I was trying to do was use purely DNS for all aspects of my
> >networking ( internal/external - live internet/dial-up routers )
> >
> >with me ?
>
> In that case, why don't just give them names in your own domain?
>
> >"The root server hints file provides the "first point of
> >> contact" that allows you to look up anything on the Internet."
> >
> >What is a "hints file" ?
>
> In named.conf you have something like:
>
> zone "." {
>   type hint;
>   filename "named.root";
> };
>
> That file, which contains the initial root server list, is called the root
> server hints file.  In BIND 4 it was called the "cache" file.
>
> --
> Barry Margolin, barmar at bbnplanet.com
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