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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!foxhound.dsto.gov.au!fang.dsto.gov.au!yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!news.adelaide.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!sunic!trane.uninett.no!eunet.no!EU.net!Germany.EU.net!ruhr.de!zappa.Ruhr.DE!zappa.Ruhr.DE!not-for-mail From: oskar@zappa.Ruhr.DE (Jan-Hinrich Fessel) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Network configuration Date: 20 Mar 1994 20:04:06 +0100 Organization: /etc/organization Lines: 16 Message-ID: <2mi6n6$hu@zappa.Ruhr.DE> References: <speed.763348531@kaiwan> <2lrc4f$9p2@dingo.cc.uq.oz.au> <speed.763666215@kaiwan> <2mfl8g$6rm@cathy.obs.ee> NNTP-Posting-Host: zappa.ruhr.de In article <2mfl8g$6rm@cathy.obs.ee>, Tanel Kuusk <tanel@cathy.obs.ee> wrote: >BTW, hostname.ed0 was used in NetBSD 0.[89] for identifying >the ethernet card (it contained the parameters to ifconfig). >I'm not sure if it's needed any more (in NetBSD-current and >FreeBSD-1.1). /etc/hosts.equiv contains the host names that >are considered 'equal'. For example, rlogin doesn't ask /etc/hostname.* is still used to configure the appropriate interfaces. /etc/hosts.equiv is in no way connected with interface configuration. It should only be used for its purpose, and careful. I consider hosts.equiv a possible wide open security hole. Cheers Oskar