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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!nntp.uio.no!news.cais.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!mayumi.iphil.net!map From: map@marikit.iphil.net (Miguel A.L. Paraz) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Classless IN-ADDR.ARPA and resolver PROBLEM (gethostby*.getanswer) Date: 6 Jun 1996 00:17:43 GMT Organization: IPhil Communications Lines: 21 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <slrn4rc8jg.pn4.map@marikit.iphil.net> References: <slrn4qu6d8.3vl.map@marikit.iphil.net> <slrn4qvae1.9ft.map@marikit.iphil.net> <4p3ngp$4uu@verdi.nethelp.no> Reply-To: map@iphil.net NNTP-Posting-Host: marikit.iphil.net X-Newsreader: slrn (0.8.6.1) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains:10606 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:20735 About solving the gethostby*.getanswer problem, a certain poster wrote: > You should upgrade to BIND 4.9.3. I have upgraded my named shortly after this was released. Or, is it the RESOLVER that needs changing? This will be harder -- recompiling apps that depend on it? (-lresolv on FreeBSD) On the other hand, if you make use of the classless DNS trick -- you're assuming that everyone else has fixed their resolvers. To those who haven't, you're another nameless IP address. -- miguel a.l. paraz <map@iphil.net> iphil communications, makati city, tech problems, to <support@iphil.net> philippines.