[ale] named and DNS HOWTO

Dan Newcombe Newcombe at mordor.clayton.edu
Wed Jun 23 21:37:20 EDT 1999


> localhost.       A     127.0.0.1
> ns.              A     192.168.1.100
> mail.            A     192.168.1.100

Nope.  If you leave the . off, then it'll automatically append the domain
name to it (mail becomes mail.djn.net)

However, if you did something like
mail.someotherdomain.com IN A 192.168.1.100
you would need the final ., otherwise it becomes
	mail.somerotherdomain.com.djn.net

Why does everyone use 192.168.1.x for a private domain when 10.x.x.x is so
much easier to remember?  I've never understood that!






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