Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 11:43:59 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> Cc: Marc van Kempen <marc@bowtie.nl>, Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSDI netscape and name resolving Message-ID: <199608191743.LAA16739@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.94.960819101632.3881A-100000@misery.sdf.com> References: <199608190948.TAA02310@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> <Pine.NEB.3.94.960819101632.3881A-100000@misery.sdf.com>
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> > > 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? It uses a hacked BIND 4.9.4 (?) with the addition of /etc/host.conf from resolv+, which is IMHO a *very* useful feature I wish Paul would add to BIND. Nate
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