Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 19:28:33 +0200 From: sthaug@nethelp.no To: brian@awfulhak.org Cc: mike@smith.net.au, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Broken resolver/named Message-ID: <28793.872443713@verdi.nethelp.no> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 24 Aug 1997 12:54:02 %2B0100" References: <199708241154.MAA00755@awfulhak.org>
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> This means to me that with "domain lan.awfulhak.org", a lookup of > ``x'' results in a query of x.lan.awfulhak.org, x.awfulhak.org and > x.org and with "search lan.awfulhak.org", I get one lookup of > x.lan.awfulhak.org. > > Both result in a lookup of ``x.lan.awfulhak.org'' then ``x''. If you want the above search behavior, you need search lan.awfulhak.org awfulhak.org org in your resolv.conf file. > This is not the problem. My problem is that a WindowsNT box is > trying to resolve some dumb name, and sits there with its finger up > its a*s while the DNS times out. Good old Microslop^H^H^Hoft. It should be easy enough to avoid this with a little trickery. Download the root.zone file from rs.internic.net, and set up your own name server as authoritative for ".". Then it'll be able to answer questions about "x" right away. The downside is of course that you need to maintain it, since new top level domains show up once in a while. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
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