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[Jim Reid]

>>>>> "Marten" == Marten Lehmann <lehmann at cnm.de> writes:

    >> My laptop! It runs a name server and changes its interface
    >> address(es) depending on what network it's connected to.

    Marten> It's your decision but in my eyes that's stupid. Why can't
    Marten> you just use DHCP like all others do and use the
    Marten> nameservers of your provider? 

I do use DHCP to get addressing and routing info. But I run my own
name server and always use that for a number of reasons:

[1] I use/need a specific version of BIND: eg, a 9.3 beta.

[2] It slaves copies of my local zones which I want to have immediate
access to.

[3] I sometimes use DNSSEC and have to configure trust anchors that
won't be on some random name server.

[4] My laptop's name server has a trust relationship with other name
servers.

[5] I'm better at running a name server than some provider.

[6] I don't want to be exposed to all sorts of weirdness that might
live in someone else's DNS setup: wildcard TLDs, forwarding silliness,
bogus TLDs, fake root zones, etc, etc.

[7] Relying on an unknown name server that might be running buggy code
is not wise.


So there are plenty of valid reasons why mobile devices can and will
run a name server. You might not appreciate those reasons. But that
doesn't make them any less valid. They just don't apply to you.