root at linux.ie spoke thusly:
>DNS question with a twist for you here, I've an intranet at
>home (choosing my words carefully here, as there's no
>connection/gateway to the Net; what can I say - I'm
>paranoid).
and yet he runs mime groking mailers as root. stunning.
>I'd like to set up a nameserver for it (I'll be connecting a
>machine in to it which has no hosts file or equivalent) and
>read over the DNS HowTo yesterday.
>Is there anything in it that doesn't apply to my situation?
if the intranet never connects to the internet the cache file will be
a bit useless. it would be a good chance to experiment with setting
up a root dns server. the dns and bind book covers that to some degree.
kevin
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