Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!bcm!rice!lost.rice.edu!cathyf From: cathyf@lost.rice.edu (Catherine Anne Foulston) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: Is the DNS "working"? Message-ID: <1991Apr19.224540.5767@rice.edu> Date: 19 Apr 91 22:45:40 GMT References: Sender: news@rice.edu (News) Organization: Rice University Lines: 15 X-Disclaimer: Opinions are those of the author only. In article nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu (aka NELSON@CLUTX.BITNET) writes: >I suppose it's a little unfair to lay the blame at the feet of the >DNS. .... >Fairness, then, would dictate laying part of the blame on those system >administrators who use /etc/hosts in preference to the DNS. Some of the blame should surely be laid at the feet of vendors who implement tcp/ip but not DNS. (Or who implement it so poorly that it's unusable.) If you're going to add tcp/ip capability to a system, you should include the ability to use the nameservice. (See RFC 1123.) Cathy -- Cathy Foulston + cathyf@rice.edu + Rice University, Network & Systems Support