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Re: Networking: Round 1
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Thu, 15 Mar 2001 17:01:31 GMT
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"Dan Boger" <dan@peeron.com> wrote in message
news:3AB0C8D8.10401@peeron.com...
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...

True, but for centralised management DNS makes life much easier.

Dan



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(...) 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)

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