Loopback alias

[ic.nssip]

Hi Mark,

Thank you for your prompt answer and for taking off my worries that I'm 
missing something there.

Best Regards,
Julian

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Andrews" <marka at isc.org>
To: "ic.nssip" <ic.nssip at northwestel.net>
Cc: <bind-users at lists.isc.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: Loopback alias


>
> 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  The comment is also out of date.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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> Mark Andrews, ISC
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>