Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 03:02:35 -0700 (PDT) From: sia@nest.org To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: bin/4638: telnet tries to resolve numerical IP address of remote host Message-ID: <199709271002.DAA20844@seagull.nest.org> Resent-Message-ID: <199709271010.DAA15403@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 4638 >Category: bin >Synopsis: telnet tries to resolve numerical IP address of remote host >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Sep 27 03:10:01 PDT 1997 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Igor Sviridov >Organization: >Release: FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE i386 >Environment: FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE >Description: telnet tries to lookup _numerical_ IP address of remote host; if your resolver is not answering it will hang; this is particulary annoying if you're trying to use telnet to fix problems causing DNS failure... this is new behaviour introuduced between 2.1.7-RELEASE and 2.2.2-RELEASE >How-To-Repeat: Script started on Sat Sep 27 02:57:46 1997 1 rt@sl:p5.0 ~# ex /etc/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf: unmodified: line 3 :%s/^nameserver/#nameserver/ #nameserver 127.0.0.1 :$ search nest.org jriver.com cs.kiev.ua :a nameserver 1.2.3.4 . :x /etc/resolv.conf: 4 lines, 106 characters 2 rt@sl:p5.0 ~# telnet 193.124.54.50 /* telnet hangs... */ ^C 3 rt@sl:p5.0 ~# ^D Script done on Sat Sep 27 02:58:39 1997 >Fix: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:home | help
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