DNS problems this morning -

Chris Adams cmadams at hiwaay.net
Wed Nov 14 15:04:07 UTC 2012


Once upon a time, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> said:
> Methinks you didn't read what I wrote.  I tested using dig and nslookup,
> I already knew that they tell which server answered, they told me that
> the same one kept answering.  Nor, noticed where I mentioned the timing
> of results, in an earlier message.

Those tools are really for debugging of DNS itself, and they do not use
the normal resolver library (or at least not in the normal way).  I
believe the "host" command does use the normal resolver (like any other
program).

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Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.


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