Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!ucsd!ucbvax!VENERA.ISI.EDU!pvm From: pvm@VENERA.ISI.EDU (Paul Mockapetris) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains Subject: Re: Special way to query DNS? Message-ID: <9007190104.AA12294@venera.isi.edu> Date: 19 Jul 90 01:04:55 GMT References: <4940@uafhp.uark.edu> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: pvm@venera.isi.edu Distribution: inet Organization: The Internet Lines: 5 There is no general method for finding out where a particular piece of information is to be found. For specific cases, say finding host names given addresses, the DNS builds indicies. paul