Date: 20 Aug 1996 18:10:34 +0100 From: Paul Richards <p.richards@elsevier.co.uk> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: marc@bowtie.nl (Marc van Kempen), hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: BSDI netscape and name resolving Message-ID: <57vieedlrp.fsf@elsevier.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Michael Smith's message of Mon, 19 Aug 1996 19:18:00 %2B0930 (CST) References: <199608190948.TAA02310@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> writes: > > 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. >From my experience all versions of Netscape have their own DNS code built into them and they always do direct DNS queries rather than using the OS's calls. -- Paul Richards. Originative Solutions Ltd. (Netcraft Ltd. contractor) Elsevier Science TIS online journal project. Email: p.richards@elsevier.co.uk Phone: 0370 462071 (Mobile), +44 (0)1865 843155
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