Re: [Sks-devel] [PATCH] Use domain names with hkp_address and recon_address

[John Marshall]

On Mon, 31 Aug 2009, 07:38 +1000, John Marshall wrote:
> My preference for administering servers and services is to configure 
> server IP addresses for services on the server; and then use DNS to
> direct clients to the server I want them to use.  I think domain names
> are appropriate for client configuration but not (usually) for server
> configuration.

Think of the scenario where you have sks.example.com pointing at a
secondary server for some reason.  If you use the domain name for
configuration on the primary server at that time; the primary server
won't start because the IP addresses to which the name resolves are not
available on the primary server.

-- 
John Marshall

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