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Date:      Sat, 10 Dec 2005 15:07:46 -0600
From:      "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net>
To:        ruben@bloemgarten.demon.nl
Cc:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: resolve appends domain section of hostname to non-existent domains
Message-ID:  <20051210210746.GK10142@over-yonder.net>
In-Reply-To: <20051210165700.02B9F43D5D@mx1.FreeBSD.org>
References:  <20051210165700.02B9F43D5D@mx1.FreeBSD.org>

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On Sat, Dec 10, 2005 at 05:56:29PM +0100 I heard the voice of
Ruben Bloemgarten, and lo! it spake thus:
>  
> 
> When I ping from say server2 # ping jkhdsfkhdsafhjsahfdhksa.com I
> get the following reply :
> 
> PING jkhdsfkhdsafhjsahfdhksa.com.mydomain2.com (ip.of.server.1): 56
> data bytes

The resolver always appends the "domain" or "search" params in trying
lookups.  Your problem is that mydomain2.com has a wildcard record
that is being returned for this.


-- 
Matthew Fuller     (MF4839)   |  fullermd@over-yonder.net
Systems/Network Administrator |  http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/
           On the Internet, nobody can hear you scream.



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