Date: Mon, 01 Sep 1997 04:10:46 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Andrew Reilly <reilly@zeta.org.au> Cc: toor@dyson.iquest.net, mike@smith.net.au, benedict@echonyc.com, peter@grendel.IAEhv.nl, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netscape Communicator 4.02b7 Message-ID: <8211.873112246@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 01 Sep 1997 18:13:01 %2B1000." <199709010813.SAA00583@gurney.reilly.home>
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> I don't know much (anything) about Netscape's DNS helper, but I > assume that it is some sort of DNS cache, to help avoid DNS traffic > of some sort. Why is it a good idea to have an application-specific > DNS cache, instead of tweaking named? Actually, I think it's intended more to avoid the "DNS deadlock" problem you have with previous Netscapes when you have multiple windows open and Netscape makes a DNS query for something dead or non-existant. Jordan
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