From owner-freebsd-net Mon Dec 7 19:01:23 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA26832 for freebsd-net-outgoing; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 19:01:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from poboxer.pobox.com (port95.prairietech.net [208.141.230.95] (may be forged)) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA26809 for ; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 19:01:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from alk@poboxer.pobox.com) Received: (from alk@localhost) by poboxer.pobox.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id UAA61616; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 20:59:39 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from alk) From: Tony Kimball MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 20:59:38 -0600 (CST) X-Face: \h9Jg:Cuivl4S*UP-)gO.6O=T]]@ncM*tn4zG);)lk#4|lqEx=*talx?.Gk,dMQU2)ptPC17cpBzm(l'M|H8BUF1&]dDCxZ.c~Wy6-j,^V1E(NtX$FpkkdnJixsJHE95JlhO 5\M3jh'YiO7KPCn0~W`Ro44_TB@&JuuqRqgPL'0/{):7rU-%.*@/>q?1&Ed Reply-To: alk@pobox.com To: net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: resolver behaviour References: <13932.13268.182705.435207@avalon.east> X-Mailer: VM 6.43 under 20.4 "Emerald" XEmacs Lucid Message-ID: <13932.37544.359322.844613@avalon.east> Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Quoth Christopher Nielsen on Mon, 7 December: : As has been stated previously by many others, the solution to this problem : is NOT to hack the resolver (this is not the location of the problem), but : to have the domain administrator fix the problem with their broken DNS. It's a non-solution, though. A hack can actually ameliorate the problem, and enhance end-user function, whereas idealism won't even do that. : I agree with Jordan's response. Present these changes to Paul Vixie. So far the discussion has suggested two new features: domain-specific nameservers in resolv.conf, and the algorithm of my immediately prior mail. IMO, the former is good, period, and should fly. The latter is probably not good enough to fly yet. I'm still hopeful that someone will make a suggestion that will result in a more acceptable solution, however. Recent events are heartening! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message