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From: stewart@XYPLEX.COM (Bob Stewart)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: gethostbyaddr() failing
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Date: 19 Dec 90 14:49:04 GMT
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>There is no reason that the DNS configurations, if done thoroughly, break
>netstat and traceroute.  Again, if you configure the DNS information to
>be completely consistent, things work fine.  

Although I admit I haven't been following this thread with full attention, the
idea that to operate reasonably DNS information must be "completely
consistent" sounds pretty scarey to me.  Sounds less than robust.

	Bob

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Bob Stewart (rlstewart@eng.xyplex.com)
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