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# http://burks.brighton.ac.uk/burks/linux/rute/node23.htm
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# 08-Nov-03 amo Added more Options
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order   hosts, bind
# order   hosts, bind, nis
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# Strip the domain some.domain from the end of a hostname before trying a lookup
# trim	some.domain
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# Try reverse lookups on a hostname after looking up the IP 
# If this query does not return the correct result,
# it could mean that someone is trying to make it look like they are a machine that they aren't
#	( hackers trick called "spoofing"
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# This warns you of such attempts in your log file /var/log/messages 
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spoofalert on
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# Disallows results that fail this spoof test
nospoof on
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# Return more than one result if there are aliases
multi    on
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# list should be sorted according to the IP that has the most convenient network route. 
reorder on
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