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Date:      Fri, 23 Jun 2000 18:11:53 +0200
From:      Gerhard Sittig <Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net>
To:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Weird NSLOOKUP output...
Message-ID:  <20000623181153.V9883@speedy.gsinet>
In-Reply-To: <v04220800b578d411cacb@[10.0.1.2]>; from blk@skynet.be on Fri, Jun 23, 2000 at 10:48:14AM %2B0200
References:  <200006230337.UAA07934@freeway.dcfinc.com> <v04220800b578d411cacb@[10.0.1.2]>

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On Fri, Jun 23, 2000 at 10:48 +0200, Brad Knowles wrote:
> At 8:37 PM -0700 2000/6/22, Chad R. Larson wrote:
> 
> >  However, as I've noted here before, there is a pitfall.  Most
> >  application programs don't call the resolver routines directly.
> 
> 	Correct.  However, nslookup violated this procedure, by skipping 
> the standard routines, and going directly to the resolver.  So, it 
> would not show you the same kind of behaviour other programs would.

This might be due to the name *ns*lookup, I guess. :)  Everything
else would be misleading ...


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