newbie question

[Barry Margolin]

In article <394A5F3F.83BF2069 at daimlerchrysler.com>,
Kevin Darcy  <kcd at daimlerchrysler.com> wrote:
>This is not a nameserver function, it's a resolver configuration function.
>It can be done in the resolver configuration using a default domain or a
>"searchlist", but my personal recommendation is to nip this thing in the
>bud as early as possible: get your users into the habit of using
>fully-qualified names. Otherwise, they'll very likely get confused over
>the "inconsistency" of being able to use short names for some hosts and
>protocols, but having to use fully-qualified names for others, e.g. for
>email to other companies. Also, any kind of resolver "searching" or
>"matching" algorithm tends to generate lots of bogus queries and thus
>waste valuable DNS infrastructure resources.

I've never been anywhere that didn't configure their machines so you could
use unqualified names for hosts on the local network.  I don't think anyone
is confused by it, any more than they're confused about not having to dial
the local area code on the phone.

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Barry Margolin, barmar at genuity.net
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