Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!mit-eddie!bu.edu!cs.bu.edu!ckd From: ckd@cs.bu.edu (Christopher Davis) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: gethostbyaddr() failing Message-ID: Date: 20 Dec 90 02:12:36 GMT References: <1990Dec17.162511.5678@mlb.semi.harris.com> <9012181855.AA04659@cincsac.arc.nasa.gov> Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Organization: 1000000011000101, Inc. Lines: 21 In-reply-to: medin@NSIPO.NASA.GOV's message of 18 Dec 90 18:55:42 GMT Milo> "Milo" == medin@NSIPO.NASA.GOV Milo> ("Milo S. Medin", NASA ARC NSI Project Office) writes: Milo> There is no reason that the DNS configurations, if done Milo> thoroughly, break netstat and traceroute. Again, if you configure Milo> the DNS information to be completely consistent, things work fine. Care to suggest how I can do this for the NSFNET backbone? I don't have authority for *.NSS.NSF.NET, you know. I suggest that "regular" gethostbyaddr() default to the authentication behavior (the "SUN/NASA" mode) and that a separate library function "ugethostbyaddr()" or the like be added for "unauthenticated" PTR lookups. --Chris -- [ Christopher Davis - - <..!bu.edu!cs.bu.edu!ckd> ] A message destined for delivery in *your* domain is fair game for anything you may want to do, up to and including translating the entire message, header and all, into Swahili. -- chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg)