On 16-Feb-2005/16:03 -0600, Bill Gradwohl <bill@xxxxxxx> wrote: >If one were to stuff a box's eth0 IP address in its hosts file, what >purpose would it serve? If you then change the IP address you then also >have to remember to change the hosts entry. > >The hosts file is useful only if you don't have access to DNS, and only >then for addresses that are foreign to the box itself. The hosts file is >largely a pre DNS relic. For a small, relatively static network (home/SOHO), running DNS may be more trouble than keeping a set of hosts files updated. Tony -- Anthony E. Greene <mailto:Anthony%20E.%20Greene%20%3Ctony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx%3E> AOL/Yahoo Messenger: TonyG05 HomePage: <http://www.greene-family.org/tony/> OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26 C484 A42A 60DD 6C94 239D Linux. The choice of a GNU generation <http://www.linux.org/>
