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Re: [cobalt-users] bind and recursion



On Wednesday 13 November 2002 16:00, Jay Summers wrote:
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't you want to put localhost or
> 127.0.0.1 for Sendmail and DNS or would you just want to use the
> regular IP address of the server? Is there a difference? Please
> clarify. Thanks.
>
I have been running for many hours with the server ip addresses with no 
problem. But I do understand the question, it may be that 127.0.0.1 would be 
"less" exploitable.

It's fast to test, put it in there do an 
`ncd reload; tail -f  /var/log/messages`
Then try and send an email
Or better yet let someone else try and send you an email.

More....
I have servers on my network that use my nameservers, and they need to be able 
to use recursive lookups.
Now if you just have one indepndent server, your suggestion sounds like it 
would work

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