On Wed, 2 Oct 2002, Nikhil Joshi wrote: > is there some file or something where all the (canonical?) domain-names > and their corresponding ip-addresses are present ? > then we can just insert that file in the /etc/hosts and there will b no > need of DNS !!! > Also the speed of surfing will enhance right ?
And how do you plan to keep this file up-to-date? As you know, Domain names and associated IP addrs tends to change by the minutes :-) That is why need for DNS to avoid central repository and making it a distributed DB. Pls have look at DNS HOWTO for need and working of DNS. > -- > Nikhil Joshi HTH With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dineshah.tripod.com Mobile: 98213-11906 _______________________________________________ http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
