From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mta02ps.bigpond.com ([144.135.25.134]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16Qfh6-0007aO-00 for ; Tue, 15 Jan 2002 21:20:52 -0500 Received: from data.home ([144.135.25.84]) by mta02ps.bigpond.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with SMTP id GQ0EU200.A3B for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2002 12:27:38 +1000 Received: from CPE-144-136-137-64.qld.bigpond.net.au ([144.136.137.64]) by psmam06.mailsvc.email.bigpond.com(MailRouter V3.0h 110/4688065); 16 Jan 2002 12:20:33 Received: from geoff by data.home with local-esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 16Qfgm-0001Wd-00; Wed, 16 Jan 2002 12:20:32 +1000 Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 12:20:31 +1000 From: Geoff Shang To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: hosts.allow In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi Tommy: I can't answer your question, but there may not be away to do that. This is a good argument for running your own DNS server. Of course, if you have a paranoid entry in your hosts file, then it will DNS lookup even if it's trying to use hosts. Geoff.