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Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc 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!metro!metro!news.nsw.CSIRO.AU!marka From: marka@syd.dms.CSIRO.AU (Mark Andrews) Subject: Re: Classless IN-ADDR.ARPA and resolver PROBLEM (gethostby*.getanswer) X-Nntp-Posting-Host: pride.syd.dms.csiro.au Message-ID: <834205275.805576@pride.syd.dms.CSIRO.AU> Sender: news@news.nsw.CSIRO.AU Organization: CSIRO Division of Mathematics and Statistics, Australia References: <slrn4qvae1.9ft.map@marikit.iphil.net> <4p3ngp$4uu@verdi.nethelp.no> <slrn4rc8jg.pn4.map@marikit.iphil.net> Cache-Post-Path: pride.syd.dms.CSIRO.AU!drugs.syd.dms.csiro.au Distribution: inet Date: Sat, 8 Jun 1996 03:41:16 GMT Lines: 37 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains:10627 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:20869 In article <slrn4rc8jg.pn4.map@marikit.iphil.net> map@iphil.net writes: >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. > > > > > > It is the resolver that needs upgrading. As for the number of resolvers that need upgrading you will find that is a surprisingly small percentage and of those replacing the shared library will fix most of theses. It is only those who installed the BETA version who should be expected to upgrade to release versions and those that got OS distributions that included the BETA. I'm aware of two of these one of which is rapidly evolving. Note old resolvers coped with this. I don't think this is as big as a problem as you would have it (and yes I do use it). Mark