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From: stev@VAX.FTP.COM (Stev Knowles)
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Subject: Pilot Project: Hosts Table To Be Available Over Internet
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Date: 23 Oct 89 17:02:14 GMT
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*In article <[A.ISI.EDU]21-Oct-89.15:24:28.CERF>
*CERF@A.ISI.EDU (Vint Cerf) writes:
*> I STRONGLY endorse every effort to move
*> to a Domain Name System basis as soon as possible.
*
*We also encourage all sites to move to a distributed database if possible.
*Our hosts table is aimed at sites that do not have reliable DNS access.
*
*---Dan Bernstein, bernstei@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu
*
*

you would be better off expending effort to fix the problem rather
than kludging a symptom. if you cannot get *anything* better, you
*can* run BIND on a dedicated PC.

stev knowles
stev@ftp.com
617-246-0900