Re: [LI] (Repost) DNS : Logical query

[Atul Chitnis <achitnis@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, Nagarjuna G. wrote:

> Regarding the local private addresses, /etc/hosts is sufficient.

Wow! Were did *that* come from? Rather sweeping statement.
 
> May be I haven't understood your question: When you have a registered
> domain, why do you want to intermingle with the private addresses.

Try maintaining /etc/hosts files in hundreds of machines, and you will
soon see why professional and seased sysadmins *swear* by DNS. DNS is a
very important factor in *any* LAN that needs central
administration.

Atul

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