Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 22:16:03 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@chello.cz> To: Jon Drews <jon.drews@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Why does Xfce 4.2 have to query a DNS ? Message-ID: <20050314211603.GA4665@isis.sigpipe.cz> In-Reply-To: <8cb27cbf0503141257618a12f0@mail.gmail.com> References: <8cb27cbf05031211126ca5f67d@mail.gmail.com> <20050314183452.GA13267@nowhere> <8cb27cbf050314115632893e85@mail.gmail.com> <20050314203741.GB13267@nowhere> <8cb27cbf0503141257618a12f0@mail.gmail.com>
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# jon.drews@gmail.com / 2005-03-14 13:57:31 -0700: > On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 14:37:42 -0600, Craig Boston <craig@yekse.gank.org> wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 12:56:03PM -0700, Jon Drews wrote: > > > I have this: > > > > > > 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.silbsd.org notebook2.silbsd.org notebook2 > > > > Hmm, that's really odd then. Both getaddrinfo and gethostbyname should > > use hosts first and then fall back on DNS if that fails. Perhaps it's > > querying for some other name besides your own. Is it possible to run > > tcpdump on the ppp interface to see what name it's trying to resolve? > > > Here is a small bit of output from tcpdump (this is the first time I > ever used it) > > notebook2# tcpdump -vv -i tun0 > tcpdump: listening on tun0, link-type NULL (BSD loopback), capture size 96 bytes > 13:52:12.114360 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 4333, offset 0, flags [DF], > length: 1164) 37.denver-03rh15rt.co.dial-access.att.net.58964 > 6 > 4.233.179.106.http: P 937912026:937913150(1124) ack 2155284831 win 65535 > 13:52:12.523402 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 46, id 42128, offset 0, flags > [none], length: 40) 64.233.179.106.http > 37.denver-03rh15rt.co.dial-a > ccess.att.net.58964: . [tcp sum ok] 1:1(0) ack 1124 win 22122 that's part of a http communication (that web thingy). > Craig, I really don't know how to use this thing (tcpdump). I could > read up on. you should. :) -- How many Vietnam vets does it take to screw in a light bulb? You don't know, man. You don't KNOW. Cause you weren't THERE. http://bash.org/?255991
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