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Re: [LUG] PPP link prob




On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Tom Laithwate wrote:

>  have you checked 'named' is running?, it sounds stupid but I had to 
> tell it to run in Slackware. 

You don't need named running to access the internet.

You only really want it running if you are using the same box as a DNS
server for a local network.  You definatley don't want it running by
default as its just another expliotable service.


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