hostname doesn't stick

Tim ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au
Mon Sep 18 09:27:46 UTC 2006


On Mon, 2006-09-18 at 00:07 -0500, Jeff Vian wrote:
> DNS cannot have localhost defined since that is a generic name.

Technically it can, and practically many BIND configurations have it
configured in.  The name is supposedly reserved for the purpose that
it's used for, so it can be put on the public internet without worry
that someone else would later on register it for their own purposes.

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