Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 07:16:51 -0700 From: "Chris D. Faehl" <cfaehl@cs.unm.edu> To: Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@rahul.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FYI: Don't let SunOS clients bind to FreeBSD NIS servers Message-ID: <E10FIdq-0005pk-00@sloth.cs.unm.edu> In-Reply-To: Message from Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@rahul.net> of "Tue, 23 Feb 1999 05:37:09 PST." <199902231337.AA17100@bolero-x.rahul.net>
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> The standard gethostby*() library functions in SunOS do all host name > resolutions via NIS queries. > > When started with the -n option to enable DNS resolution, the FreeBSD > ypserv(1) process does DNS resolutions, but *VERY* slowly. This > absolutely kills performance on Suns, if you have a Sun client bound to > a FreeBSD NIS server. Observed with SunOS 4.1.3_U1 and FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE. > > Solution: Don't let Sun clients bind to FreeBSD NIS servers. This can > be achieved by using a /var/yp/securenets file. Solution: the suns are broken. Known problem. Update your resolver libraries on the sun clients so that they perform proper DNS. Should be able to find instructions in a Sun FAQ somewhere (sorry, no URL on hand). It's a hack that FreeBSD had the unusual courtesy to provide Sun boxes. Let's don't foster this kind of nefarious client behavior... > > Rahul > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Faehl | Email: cfaehl@cs.unm.edu The University of New Mexico | URL: http://www.cs.unm.edu/~cfaehl Computer Science Dept., Rm. FEC 313 | Phone: 505/277-3016 Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA | FAX: 505/277-6927 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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