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- From: BORKI@zug.use.ch (Reto Burkhalter)
- Subject: Re: Domain-Name-Server ?
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- Date: Sat, 2 Mar 96 11:04:32 GMT
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- >> bipsen@vip.cybercity.dk (Brian Ipsen)
- >> 20.02.1996
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- BI> I wonder about this stuff with domain-name servers... Actually, what exactly
- BI> is happening at these machines ?? A request for an address goes in, and the
- BI> name goes out - But how is this organized through the net, because more
- BI> than 1 name-server exists .... And is it possible to set my own Amiga up as
- BI> DNS in a local-area-network ???
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- It's a little bit more complicated :-(
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- Amiga as a nameserver is not recommended because the DNS implementation
- is not that good.
- Try it on a Un*x machine... and read "DNS and BIND" from O'Reilly.
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- Reto
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