>In message <199808162356.TAA10460@Twig.Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>, der Mouse write
>s:
>>This is not really a change to resolv.conf.  It's a change to the
>>networking code, so that 0.0.0.0 is no longer interpreted as "this

>But I guess it makes sense, and it's not hard to adapt to, once you know
>about it.

IIRCC using 0.0.0.0 or 127.0.0.1 can cause you to lose when your nameserver
forwards a query - it lists that address as the original requester and the
remote nameserver sends the answer to himself.

Using the IP addr of your box's main net interface is much safer.

--sjg