7 Jul
1993
7 Jul
'93
11:03 a.m.
The most useful reason for their being there IMHO is to be able to build an /etc/networks file from them. This means, of course, they need to be unique.
I thought we were beyond flat file directories *on a global scale*.
Not really, we use the /etc/networks file for our IP-accounting as a last resort if part of the DNS system is out of order. Martijn.