Re: Is there any point to full host names in /etc/hosts ?

On 2007-11-03, Send <Send@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Rikishi 42 wrote:
This is the situation: a friend and I both use a broadband router with a few
machines behind them, at our respective homes. We each picked a name for our
'domain'. His is fictional. Mine also exists on the net, but with only the
www and ftp of rikishi42.net defined in the DNS, not my home machines.


stealing - Using some one elses domain name is unethical. Bottom line
"IT'S NOT YOURS"
Yes it is. Read the headers...


192.168.xxx.xxx addresses are private network addresses and usually not
forwarded upstream by a router. Can you imagine what would happen if
everyone using the same addresses allowed all their network traffic to
reach the www. They would be mass collisions Not to mention that your
private network is no longer "private".

Be forewarned of the security implications
Are you on medication? Or did you just miss the original post?


My guess is that, upon finding that rikishi42.net exists, there is an
attempt to get the address from the DNS, skipping hosts all together.

But do I presume correctly, or is there more to it?


Why bother with all this ? Do it right. Just use the name & IP address
that has been assigned to you by your ISP. If you are assigned a
dynamic (IP address changes from time to time) which they normally are
then use a FREE service like DynDns and have your own "REAL" domain ...

"YOU".dyndns.org

they have several domain you can pick from other than dyndns.org. There
are programs you can run that will update the Dyndns listing
automatically when your ISP changes your IP address.

Dns lookup Work ... Other friends anyware can reach your machine and you
will NOT be blocked by upstream routers.
You *are* stoned out of your mind, aren't you. :-)


Please, please read the original post, and grep it.

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