> > Actually, I've read that setting it to 127.0.0.1 is a bad idea, it would
> > be better to set it to your own IP address, assuming you have a static one.
> > 
> 
> I can't imagine why.  If you use your own IP address, then you risk it going out to
> the network and coming back - why not use the lo0 interface, that's what it's there
> for.
> 
> In theory, with BSD/resolv, it should be possibly to access the fake nameserver 
> '0.0.0.0' which is the current machine - I can't myself get this to work.
> I use 127.0.0.1 and it works fine for me.

To quote from the UNIX System Administration Handbook, 2nd ed.:

If a host is itself a name server, it should be the first host listed.  
Use the actual IP address instead of the loopback address (127.0.0.1).  
A bug in the BSD netwoking code can cause problems if the loopback 
address is used.  Each host listed must be running a recursive name 
server; the resolver doesn't follow referrals.

Of course, this might have just applied to BSD 4.3, not BSD 4.4

> 
> > named for the resolver to work.  It's a little late and I got named and
> > BIND confused.
> 
> Um - surely they are one and the same - or rather named is based on the Berkeley
> Internet Name Daemon - BIND?
> 

BIND - Berkeley Internet Name Domain system.  Not actually named ;-)

Later.

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Colin Wood                                      ender@is.rice.edu
Consultant                                        Rice University
Information Technology Services                       Houston, TX