Subject: Re: hosts vs. DNS
To: Joe Laffey <joe@laffeycomputer.com>
From: Paul Goyette <paul@whooppee.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 11/04/1998 16:22:23
man resolv.conf
On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, Joe Laffey wrote:
> It's my understanding that most Un*x boxes will check with DNS first for
> an address before checking a hosts file. Can this go the other way around?
> Is it any faster one way or the other (assuming an entry is present in the
> hosts file and the DNS server is running local).??
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Joe Laffey
> LAFFEY Computer Imaging
> St. Louis, MO
> http://www.laffeycomputer.com
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