Probably because things would break in subtle and confusing ways if they did. E....

cjbprime on Feb 5, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: 0day vulnerability in firmware for HiSilicon-based...

Probably because things would break in subtle and confusing ways if they did.

E.g. you have a build server and chose to use live DNS to point at it artifacts on an internal network because it was simpler to just edit a single zone file.