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Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 10:18:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>
To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
cc: Marc van Kempen <marc@bowtie.nl>, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: BSDI netscape and name resolving
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On Mon, 19 Aug 1996, Michael Smith wrote:

> Marc van Kempen stands accused of saying:
> > 
> > I have run into a problem with the BSDI version of netscape and
> > name resolving. 
> 
> the BSD/OS version of Netscape appears to ignore /etc/host.conf and 
> wants to talk to a nameserver.  You will need to run a forwarding 
> nameserver on your firewall (or somewhere else) to be able to use it
> to resolve external hosts.

  Yes.  This is feature of our hacked resolver.  The BIND 4.9.3
resolver (4.9.2 too?) and higher doesn't look at /etc/hosts at all.
FreeBSD appears to use a hacked resolv+ resolver?

Tom