Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 22:45:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> To: Mark Murdock <fee@tetrahome.tetranet.net> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: resolving ips? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980923224115.24669B-100000@shell.uniserve.ca> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSD/.3.91.980923210157.24463A-100000@tetrahome.tetranet.net>
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On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, Mark Murdock wrote: > Yet another question for freebsd-stable network experts: > > When I try to telnet to an ip address, my system attempts to contact my > name servers in my /etc/resolv.conf file. I was actually unable to telnet > to an ip due to this when my ipfw configuration was blocking udp on 53. > > Why consult the resolver? Why not just make your connection based on the > kernel routing tables? Routing tables and DNS are completely unrelated. Telnet wants to find the name for the IP it is connecting to. The resolver will take a long time if the listed DNS servers don't respond. It will eventually timeout and give up, you just aren't patient enough. > Thanks, > Mark Murdock > fee@tetranet.net Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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