Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 18:41:53 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: "Matthew N. Dodd" <mdodd@freebsd.org> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [CFR] reflect resolv.conf update to running application Message-ID: <20050827014153.GA14720@odin.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <20050826202713.X1915@sasami.jurai.net> References: <ygefyt4yiaz.wl%ume@mahoroba.org> <20050826202713.X1915@sasami.jurai.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 08:29:39PM -0400, Matthew N. Dodd wrote: > On Sat, 20 Aug 2005, Hajimu UMEMOTO wrote: > >Our resolver reads resolv.conf once, and never re-read it. Recent > >OpenBSD changed to re-read resolv.conf when it is updated. I believe it > >is useful specially for mobile environment. > > The more useful solution is to run a local caching nameserver that > forwards to the DHCP or location specific nameservers. > > I've got modifications to dhclient-script and a Makefile in /etc/namedb/ > that implement this behavior. I'll clean it up for public consumption if > others are interested. Sounds useful to me. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDD8ThXY6L6fI4GtQRAjZgAJ9p/d7gZKgYCh8mcSS4o4IwSTd8OwCgpbL9 wBbAuDYILStOYI23Wi5zsP4= =GfIL -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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