On Sat, Jan 01, 2005 at 03:42:54AM -0700, Bob Brennan wrote:
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> Copying around a hosts file that contains the domain names does the
> trick - and I'll be looking into setting up a local DNS server as a
> proper fix.
Of interest copying a master host file was how the Internet
was born. When the traffic associated with keeping the larger
and larger host file got insane, DNS was invented. But a couple
hundred hosts is not a problem so you have some time....
http://www.freesoft.org/CIE/RFC/1034/3.htm
"Host name to address mappings were maintained by the Network
Information Center (NIC) in a single file (HOSTS.TXT) which was FTPed
by all hosts [RFC-952, RFC-953]. The total network bandwidth consumed
in distributing a new version by this scheme is proportional to the
square of the number of hosts in the network, and even when multiple
levels of FTP are used, the outgoing FTP load on the NIC host is
considerable. Explosive growth in the number of hosts didn't bode well
for the future."
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