On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 05:10:46PM -0500, D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
> Let's say that I have a DSL modem that picks up my ISP's nameserver
> automatically and I use the modem's DNS server on my NetBSD box behind
> the modem.

Probably stupid question:
isn't it a lot easier to just not use that modems DNS cache at all and
run your own cahing dns on the machine where you'd  put the /etc/hosts
lines in (in your example)?

Martin