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Re: Networking: Round 1
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Thu, 15 Mar 2001 13:51:20 GMT
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Daniel Crichton wrote:
> "Jamie Obrien" <jamien@interworx.com.au> wrote in message
> news:GA8CAH.57C@lugnet.com...
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> > Is it possible to setup domains on a computer say:
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> > jamie.org
> > imndiot.com
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> > and so on, on a computer that isn't connected to the net. The names are
> > essentially made up, and i want ot set them up with servers (later). I am
> > pretty sure this is in the DNS realm, it's just that i can't get the thing
> > working.
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> 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 outside of your network you can make your DNS server a root server,
> that makes it think it has all data for the whole network and just reply
> with a "no such host" for domains it doesn't know about.
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 :)
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| "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
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| (...) 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)
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| | Re: Networking: Round 1
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| "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)
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