Date: Sat, 24 May 1997 17:45:43 -0800 (AKDT) From: Steve Howe <un_x@anchorage.net> To: Joachim Kuebart <joki@kuebart.stuttgart.netsurf.de> Cc: Wouter de Boer <wouter.de.boer@pobox.com>, FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: [Q]telnet/ftp doesnot work correctly Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970524174114.20368H-100000@aak.anchorage.net> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.970524121350.joki@jocki.domestic.de>
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On Sat, 24 May 1997, Joachim Kuebart wrote: > Check your /etc/host.conf file. It should read > > hosts > bind > > To tell the resolver to _first_ look up host names in /etc/hosts, then try to > find out via DNS. why? from what i understand, a failed DNS lookup should be faster than hosts can be accessed/process off the drive ... i may be wrong - but this is what many ISPs tell me. > On 23-May-97 at 20:53:17 Wouter/Gateway de Boer wrote: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sleep: a sign a caffeine deprivation ... http://www.anchorage.net/~un_x -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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