"Empty zones" and BIND 9.4

[Peter Dambier]

Sorry, if I felt stepped onto my feed.

I missunderstood "Nobody needs another address but 127.0.0.1"


Next time I shall read more carefully.

Kind regards
Peter and Karin


Mark Andrews wrote:
>>>>	Normally you only need "1.0.0 PTR localhost." as that
>>>>	is usually the only address in use.
>>
>>There are lots of applications that need multiple ip-addresses.
>>There are portable hosts connected or not - with ever changing
>>ip-addresses.
>>
>>e.g. djbdns
>>
>>For whatever reason you want to run your own copy of the root.
>>So you run tinydns on 127.0.1.229 as rootserver and
>>dnscache on 127.0.2.229 and maybe
>>your own imapd on 127.0.3.229.
>>
>>Localhost is still 127.0.0.1.
>>
>>It works and I have seen it on many portables.
>>
>>You cannot use an 192.168... on the lan or wlan because
>>both of them get disconnected and both of them keep changing.
>>
>>On my laptop bind 9.4.0 is running on 127.0.8.229 and collecting
>>data for the other nameservers.
>>
>>Of course bind "knows" all those 127... addresses and answers
>>queries for them.
> 
> 
> 	Peter, how was this productive to the discussion?  "usually
> 	the only address in use" does not preclude the use of other
> 	addresses.  I use other addresses under 127/8 myself but I
> 	am also atypical in this respect.
> 
> 	The discussion was what to name these other addresses and
> 	I was saying don't name them "localhost".
> 
> 	Mark
>  
> 
>>Kind regards
>>Peter and Karin
>>
>>-- 
>>Peter and Karin Dambier
>>Cesidian Root - Radice Cesidiana
>>Rimbacher Strasse 16
>>D-69509 Moerlenbach-Bonsweiher
>>+49(6209)795-816 (Telekom)
>>+49(6252)750-308 (VoIP: sipgate.de)
>>mail: peter at peter-dambier.de
>>mail: peter at echnaton.arl.pirates
>>http://iason.site.voila.fr/
>>https://sourceforge.net/projects/iason/
>>http://www.cesidianroot.com/
>>
>>


-- 
Peter and Karin Dambier
Cesidian Root - Radice Cesidiana
Rimbacher Strasse 16
D-69509 Moerlenbach-Bonsweiher
+49(6209)795-816 (Telekom)
+49(6252)750-308 (VoIP: sipgate.de)
mail: peter at peter-dambier.de
mail: peter at echnaton.arl.pirates
http://iason.site.voila.fr/
https://sourceforge.net/projects/iason/
http://www.cesidianroot.com/