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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello everyone,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When running "make test" on a BIND 9.7.0 installed
on a x86 SUN Solaris 10 machine, I've got this message:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I:NOTE: Many of the tests were skipped because they
require that<BR>I: the IP addresses 10.53.0.1
through 10.53.0.5 are configured<BR>I: as alias
addresses on the loopback interface. Please
run<BR>I: "bin/tests/system/ifconfig.sh up" as
root to configure them<BR>I: and rerun the
tests.<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you for any insight!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Julian</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>