Question re: /etc/resolv.conf file for DNS machine

Kevin Darcy kcd at daimlerchrysler.com
Thu May 10 21:08:07 UTC 2001


Brad Knowles wrote:

> At 11:03 AM +0000 5/10/01, Joe Decker, Jr. wrote:
>
> >  A quick question about the /etc/resolv.conf file for the machine that is
> >  acting as the DNS server: Should the nameserver IP address be the IP of the
> >  machine on the network, or 127.0.0.1, or does it even matter?
>
>         If the nameserver in question is authoritative-only and
> non-caching, then this should point at a different machine which
> *does* do caching (and is presumably non-authoritative).

Or a separate nameserver instance on the same machine. On Unix boxes, at least,
it's always possible to run a separate, "private" nameserver instance on the
loopback interface.


- Kevin





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