On Sat, 23 Nov 2002, Christopher Armstrong radix@twistedmatrix.com wrote:
And if it supported /etc/hosts? :)
/etc/hosts is one example for "ways the local resolver can diverge from the DNS". In fact, with the GNU libc, you can dynamically program ways to override/complement name resolution. DJB went down the "I don't care about local resolution, I'll use DNS.". It's ugly and discorteous to the users :)