At  3:12 PM 1/29/96 -0800, Duane Percox wrote:
>Chris writes:
>>Until/unless someone gets that running, you'll still require an external
>>unix system somewhere to get a 3000 useable on the 'net. (groan)
>
>Ahem... or any system capable of being a DNS server, as in Windows NT.
 
So you can spend $700 on software and buy a 20+Mb 486DX4/100 for NT Server,
or $0 on software and find a 4Mb 386 for Linux. The performance will be
about the same.
 
Actually, this is a very inexpensive way to try out using a nameserver. For
anyone interested in trying it, the Slackware Linux distribution (probably
most others as well) comes with all the Internet software ready to run. I
just had to modify the sample configuration files and type "named" and
magic!, a nameserver. Granted, the phrase "just modify the sample
configuration files" covers a multitude of sins, but you'll need to do that
no matter which platform you choose for a nameserver.
 
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