Re: Another reason to avoid host tables.

[Jack Woehr <jack.woehr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Host table entries, whether in  /etc/hosts in Unix or CTFGTCP Option 11 are only meant for local systems that don't have DNS entries.


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Or, just maybe IBM is simply changing the network infrastructure and set
up?
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Jim,

Nope. Not "JUST" changing their network infrastructure and setup.  Yes they
are making those changes, but they clearly state in their documentation,
and that's where I cut that line from the OP, that they are doing a little
randomizing.

On Thu, Aug 1, 2024 at 1:25 PM Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Or, just maybe IBM is simply changing the network infrastructure and set
> up?   They’ve been doing this for some time and have not been quiet about
> it.
>
> Host tables used properly have their place.  Try booting AIX without host
> table entries or a really good DNS connection, and if the DNS is on that
> partition, yea….