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Subject: Re: Netscape Communicator 4.02b7 
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Date: Mon, 01 Sep 1997 04:10:46 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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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