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On 02/03/2017 22:57, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote: |
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> running "ifconfig" is it possible to display hostname, especially with |
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> "tun" interfaces. |
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No. |
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ifconfig operates at layer 2. |
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Hostnames is a dns/resolver concept operating at a much higher level. |
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DNs relies on layer 2 so using rDNS to display hostnames (or worse, that |
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abomination called /etc/hosts) is logically circular and nonsensical |
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Hostnames are there to abstract addresses when addresses don't matter. |
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Addresses very much do matter at the ifconfig level so if you need them |
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then, you probably shouldn't be looking at ifconfig at all (don't you |
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know your own addresses?) |
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And finally the relationship between address and names is many<->many, |
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so which one you gonna use? |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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