Hosts file

[Tim]

On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 15:59 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> DNS rewriting the hosts file is just plain screwy. In my mind there is
> something very wrong with the DNS server. 

DHCP changing the hosts file, not DNS...  The DHCP server can specify
quite a few things to change, some on your computer, some on the local
DNS server (to add your computer to the records).

Why?  I'm glad you asked!  DHCP is useful for when person A takes their
computer B to network C today, then goes home and plugs it into network
D, and takes it with them to the hotel network E, all of which have
wildly different parameters, and needs change to all manner of things:

Your DNS servers.
Your IP address.
Your hostname.
Your gateway address.
Other server addresses...

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