On Sat, 8 Apr 2006, Dmitry Pryanishnikov wrote: DP> > DP> Sorry, but what kind of hierarchy does it defeat? If client's query DP> > DP> can't be satisfied from provider's DNS cache, and doesn't refer to DP> > DP> domain which is hosted on ISP, then provider's DNS server will make DP> > DP> first query to root DNS server, and then will walk down domain DP> > hierarchy DP> > DP> (e.g. .ua -> .dp.ua -> atlantis.dp.ua). So setting client's DNS to DP> > directly DP> > DP> query root servers defeats just the provider's DNS cache. DP> > DP> > Not in other ways delegated domains, i.e. XXX.local. DP> DP> I think that we're talking about official domain hierarchy here, aren't we? DP> And those XXX.local and YYY.homenet domains are outside this hierarchy. And, DP> BTW, ISP clients are rarely interested in internal ISP's .local domains. DP> They're interested in ISP servers (SMTP, POP3/IMAP, NNTP, WEB), and these DP> servers usually have official names in public ISP domains, accessible via DP> official hierarchy (down from root servers).
Situations vary. There may be patterns where one laptop should be involved in corporate networks with .local (and somewhat restricted or even faschist-style outgoing firewalls; I *do* know some organizations where you can't even ssh out without organizational problems) and some possibly totally different public networks. Sincerely, D.Marck [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Dmitry Morozovsky --- D.Marck --- Wild Woozle --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
