Re: [foxboro] Dns lookup
- From: Corey R Clingo <corey.clingo@xxxxxxxx>
- To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 21:18:13 -0500
We put the I/A boxes and critical local hosts in the hosts file, then set
the "hosts" entry in /etc/nsswitch.conf to "files,dns" so that the hosts
file is tried first, then DNS. We've been doing it with B's through G's
and it has worked well.
As an experiment, and to help shield me from constant unannounced changes
in DNS server addresses by our IT department (they assume every client
uses DHCP and so it is not a problem, right?), I set up a caching DNS
server on my firewall. Now I only have to change the DNS server addresses
in one place.
Corey Clingo
BASF Corporation
"Schouten, Frits JF" <Frits.Schouten@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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dear almighty wise people on this list,
Well, howzthat for an opening.
I've recently upgraded two hosts to AW51F (Blade rocks!) and saw that
DNS lookup is enabled in nsswitch.conf, which I think is great since I
use the second nic to connect to the corporate network and don't have to
bother setting up every Tom, Dick and Harry in the hosts file. I only
needed to set up the resolv.conf file.
What is the current view on DNS lookup on a Foxboro host?
With the today's reliable intranet network and servers, would it be okay
to enable DNS lookup on the older hosts?
Cheers,
Frits Schouten.
NZSteel.
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