From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 23 22:15:24 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA00297 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 23 Sep 1998 22:15:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from tetrahome.tetranet.net (tetranet.net [206.42.249.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA00290 for ; Wed, 23 Sep 1998 22:15:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fee@tetrahome.tetranet.net) Received: (from fee@localhost) by tetrahome.tetranet.net (8.8.5/8.6.9) id AAA28532; Thu, 24 Sep 1998 00:10:12 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 00:10:12 -0500 (CDT) From: Mark Murdock To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: resolving ips? (fwd) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I am forwarding this message, and I do not belong to this mailing list, so please include "fee@tetranet.net" in your replies. Thank you. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Yet another question for freebsd 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? Thanks, Mark Murdock fee@tetranet.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message