2 Oct
2002
2 Oct
'02
11:51 a.m.
On Wed, 2 Oct 2002, Nikhil Joshi wrote:
is there some file or something where all the (canonical?) domain-names and their corresponding ip-addresses are present ? then we can just insert that file in the /etc/hosts and there will b no need of DNS !!! Also the speed of surfing will enhance right ?
And how do you plan to keep this file up-to-date? As you know, Domain names and associated IP addrs tends to change by the minutes :-) That is why need for DNS to avoid central repository and making it a distributed DB. Pls have look at DNS HOWTO for need and working of DNS.
-- Nikhil Joshi
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