DNS misc

[Paul Lussier]

Ben Scott <dragonhawk at gmail.com> writes:

> On 4/19/05, Paul Lussier <p.lussier at comcast.net> wrote:
>> IIRC, the problem was actually the listing of multiple search lines in
>> /etc/resolv.conf.  The first search line was referenced, possibly the
>> second, but I believe the tertiary was ignored.  FWIW, MS had a
>> similar problem too.  Windows would allow you enter primary and
>> secondary name server, but then would ignore all subsequently listed
>> servers.
>
>   Are you talking "search" lines or "nameserver" lines?  It sounds
> like you're talking about "nameserver" lines, but it sounded like
> Derek was talking about "search" lines.

For bind, it was search lines, for Windows it was nameserver lines.

>   No, they added new ones as well.  Ha ha, only serious.  Like most
> everybody else, Microsoft based their initial IP stack on BSD.  I
> dunno how much of the BSD code survives in current stuff.

Was it BSD?  I couldn't remember.  They seem to have hosed it up
pretty well over the years :)

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Seeya,
Paul