Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 17:57:29 -0400 (EDT) From: jack <jack@xtalwind.net> To: Paul Richards <p.richards@elsevier.co.uk> Cc: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>, FreeBSD hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: BSDI netscape and name resolving Message-ID: <Pine.FBS.3.95.960821175600.885C-100000@zeus.xtalwind.net> In-Reply-To: <57u3twso7u.fsf@elsevier.co.uk>
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On 21 Aug 1996, Paul Richards wrote: > J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> writes: > > > As Paul Richards wrote: > > > > > >From my experience all versions of Netscape have their own DNS code > > > built into them and they always do direct DNS queries rather than > > > using the OS's calls. > > > > That's not surprising at all, since they are statically linked, and > > the resolver is a library-level feature. > > > > Doesn't BSDI's resolver use /etc/hosts.conf? The BSDI box that I'm on now, telnetted to my FreeBSD box at home, uses /etc/hosts -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack O'Neill Finger jacko@onyx.xtalwind.net or jack@xtalwind.net http://www.xtalwind.net/~jacko/pubpgp.html #include <std_disclaimers.h> for my PGP key. PGP Key fingerprint = F6 C4 E6 D4 2F 15 A7 67 FD 09 E9 3C 5F CC EB CD --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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