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    (canceled) —Jamie Obrien
   
        Re: Networking: Round 1 —Daniel Crichton
     "Jamie Obrien" <jamien@interworx.com.au> wrote in message news:GA8CAH.57C@lugnet.com... (...) Just set up your DNS as authoritative for these domains. To prevent it trying to access the global root servers whenever you try and access a domain (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
    
         Re: Networking: Round 1 —Dan Boger
     (...) if only a few hosts are supposed to access those "domains", why bother with dns at all? just set up the hosts file on all the computers to point those domains to whatever IP you need... Dan (the other one, I guess :) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
    
         Re: Networking: Round 1 —Daniel Crichton
       "Dan Boger" <dan@peeron.com> wrote in message news:3AB0C8D8.10401@...ron.com... (...) True, but for centralised management DNS makes life much easier. Dan (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
    
         Re: Networking: Round 1 —John D. Forinash
     (...) Geek value. :) Actually, there can be some real uses, too. Sure, if it's just four or five machines, it's easy to keep up a hosts file on each of them. One of the things I wanted my home network to be able to do, though, was handle the "LAN (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
    
         Re: Networking: Round 1 —Dan Boger
     (...) oh, of course - learning how to set up dns and deal with it is every's geek duty :) I was just saying that for a smallish setup, it is more hassle than it's worth... aside from the learning part :) Dan (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
    
         Re: Networking: Round 1 —John D. Forinash
     (...) Well, yeah. Someone _desperately_ needs to come up with a scaleable solution that doesn't involve fourteen different file mungings to change a single entry. Some folks in the local Linux enthusiasts group wrote "DENTS", which was supposed to (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
    
         Re: Networking: Round 1 —Dan Boger
     (...) if you're scripting, why not just write a script that would edit your files for you? that way, you run one command, and it'll update the 14 (or 2 :) files that need updates... (...) even sendmail is manageable - it just needs a little love :) (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
    
         Re: Networking: Round 1 —John D. Forinash
     (...) Or 3, but I admit hyperbole. :) (Three at the office for most things, two at home. Got a serial number in a weird place at the office...) (...) Bah. I'm convinced even Eric Allman doesn't _really_ understand sendmail. Me, I just remember those (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
    
         Re: Networking: Round 1 —Matthew Miller
     (...) Mmm, postfix. Good for you, good for the earth, good good good. (24 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: Networking: Round 1 —Matthew Miller
   (...) Sure, but it's not a good idea. If you're making fake domains, don't use a real top-level. It's better to do something like "jamie.local" and "imndiot.local". I notice that imndiot.com is one of the few actually available .com domains -- (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 

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