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Re: non-autoritative localhost, 1..12 sacle, how bad is it?

From Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.networking
Subject Re: non-autoritative localhost, 1..12 sacle, how bad is it?
Date 2020-05-02 20:33 +0300
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <slrnrarbmt.7cj.whynot@orphan.zombinet> (permalink)
References <slrnramf8r.2f1.whynot@orphan.zombinet> <r8ho17$8ki$1@dont-email.me>

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with <r8ho17$8ki$1@dont-email.me> Johann Beretta wrote:
> On 4/30/20 2:03 PM, Eric Pozharski wrote:

>> As you can see, answer is non-autoritative.  (Switching 'auth-zones'
>> off and 'export-etc-hosts' on -- dead end, just in case;  didn't
>> reach to a web-interface yet;  Summary:  I have options.)
> Of course it is non-authoritative. You are not the official designee
> for rDNS on the 127.0.0.0 block. You _can_ do  rDNS on your own
> system, but that is only valid locally.

Yes, and it's intended behaviour.  BTW, in defense of this abomination
'whois localhost' (and 'whois localhost.' too) refuses lookup at all.
'whois 127.0.0.1' doesn't serve anything reasonable either.  So I figure
'localhost' is kindof free for grabs.

*CUT*

-- 
Torvalds' goal for Linux is very simple: World Domination
Stallman's goal for GNU is even simpler: Freedom

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non-autoritative localhost, 1..12 sacle, how bad is it? Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name> - 2020-05-01 00:03 +0300
  Re: non-autoritative localhost, 1..12 sacle, how bad is it? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2020-04-30 21:54 -0600
    Re: non-autoritative localhost, 1..12 sacle, how bad is it? Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name> - 2020-05-02 20:02 +0300
      Re: non-autoritative localhost, 1..12 sacle, how bad is it? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2020-05-03 11:35 -0600
  Re: non-autoritative localhost, 1..12 sacle, how bad is it? Johann Beretta <beretta@nun-ya-bizness.com> - 2020-05-01 10:59 -0700
    Re: non-autoritative localhost, 1..12 sacle, how bad is it? Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name> - 2020-05-02 20:33 +0300
      Re: non-autoritative localhost, 1..12 sacle, how bad is it? Johann Beretta <beretta@nun-ya-bizness.com> - 2020-05-02 22:00 -0700
        Re: non-autoritative localhost, 1..12 sacle, how bad is it? harri@kallio.tunk.org (Harri) - 2020-05-03 12:11 +0300
          Re: non-autoritative localhost, 1..12 sacle, how bad is it? Johann Beretta <beretta@nun-ya-bizness.com> - 2020-05-04 20:46 -0700
        Re: non-autoritative localhost, 1..12 sacle, how bad is it? Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name> - 2020-05-03 16:53 +0300
          Re: non-autoritative localhost, 1..12 sacle, how bad is it? Johann Beretta <beretta@nun-ya-bizness.com> - 2020-05-04 20:50 -0700
            Re: non-autoritative localhost, 1..12 sacle, how bad is it? Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name> - 2020-05-06 18:15 +0300
  Re: non-autoritative localhost, 1..12 sacle, how bad is it? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-05-01 23:19 +0200
    Re: non-autoritative localhost, 1..12 sacle, how bad is it? Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name> - 2020-05-02 20:10 +0300
      Re: non-autoritative localhost, 1..12 sacle, how bad is it? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-05-03 15:21 +0200
        Re: non-autoritative localhost, 1..12 sacle, how bad is it? Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name> - 2020-05-04 18:17 +0300
      Re: non-autoritative localhost, 1..12 sacle, how bad is it? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-05-03 15:34 +0200
  Re: non-autoritative localhost, 1..12 sacle, how bad is it? Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name> - 2020-05-04 18:14 +0300

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