2 DNS, one machine

[John Summerfield]

On Tuesday 30 November 2004 07:34, Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> Am Di, den 30.11.2004 schrieb John Summerfield um 0:14:
> > On Tuesday 30 November 2004 01:08, Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> > > "localhost" is no valid network hostname.
> >
> > localhost is a perfectly valid host name and is _the standard_ namd for
> > the computer the program is running on.
> >
> > John
>
> As an addition to my other reply to your mail: you took out my words
> from their context! This is at least unfair.
>
> --- quote from my reply to Bruce and his question quoted ---
>
> > But is that all I need? Do I need to give different computers
>
> different
>
> > names? They can't all be local.localhost, right? Does that mean I need
> > a DNS?
>
> "localhost" is no valid network hostname. It is very trivial (with each
>
> --- end of quote ---
>
> I feel the context gives my statement a very different bias.
>
> Alexander

I'm sorry that you feel that; on rereading I don't think you were as clear as 
you might have been.

Further complaints to root at localhost.dyndns.org :-)

-- 
Cheers
John