Loopback alias

[Mark Andrews]

In message <EA69C0C365B94B278678ABD366E41837 at internal.corp.ds>, "ic.nssip" writ
es:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> When running "make test" on a BIND 9.7.0 installed on a x86 SUN Solaris =
> 10 machine, I've got this message:
> 
> I:NOTE: Many of the tests were skipped because they require that
> I:      the IP addresses 10.53.0.1 through 10.53.0.5 are configured
> I:      as alias addresses on the loopback interface.  Please run
> I:      "bin/tests/system/ifconfig.sh up" as root to configure them
> I:      and rerun the tests.
> 
> Is this alias request just for test purpose, or it affects the =
> functionality and the performance of DNS Server as well after it goes =
> live?

They are just test addresses.  The comment is also out of date.  
10.53.0.1 through 10.53.0.7 are now used.

> It was the first time I saw this message when installing a BIND DNS =
> Server from source file, and we never used these aliases on any of our =
> machines before. Also, I couldn't find many references on google search =
> for loopback alias addresses 10.53.0.1 through 10.53.0.5.
> 
> Thank you for any insight!
> Julian
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