Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 05:37:09 -0800 From: Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@rahul.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: FYI: Don't let SunOS clients bind to FreeBSD NIS servers Message-ID: <199902231337.AA17100@bolero-x.rahul.net>
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The standard gethostby*() library functions in SunOS do all host name resolutions via NIS queries. When started with the -n option to enable DNS resolution, the FreeBSD ypserv(1) process does DNS resolutions, but *VERY* slowly. This absolutely kills performance on Suns, if you have a Sun client bound to a FreeBSD NIS server. Observed with SunOS 4.1.3_U1 and FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE. Solution: Don't let Sun clients bind to FreeBSD NIS servers. This can be achieved by using a /var/yp/securenets file. Rahul To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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