From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 30794 invoked by alias); 22 Jan 2009 09:04:38 -0000 Received: (qmail 30782 invoked by uid 22791); 22 Jan 2009 09:04:37 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from aquarius.hirmke.de (HELO calimero.vinschen.de) (217.91.18.234) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:04:31 +0000 Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id 3B6F56D4189; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:04:21 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:04:00 -0000 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [ITP] bind-9.6.0-1 Message-ID: <20090122090421.GC11604@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com References: <4973A7A8.9020301@users.sourceforge.net> <20090121170810.GK20104@calimero.vinschen.de> <4977594F.3060202@users.sourceforge.net> <20090121173750.GL20104@calimero.vinschen.de> <0KDU00IRMPFHBOF1@vms044.mailsrvcs.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <0KDU00IRMPFHBOF1@vms044.mailsrvcs.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-apps-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Sender: cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2009-01/txt/msg00103.txt.bz2 On Jan 21 21:23, Pierre A. Humblet wrote: > There is another problem. If resolv.conf exists then minires and the cygwin 1.7 > resolver default to using the name servers directly instead of using the > internal > Windows resolver. > That's useful to those who don't want to use the default dns server of > their isp, which > may offer a "DNS assistance" feature that maps non existent domains to a web > server operated by the ISP, while keeping dns assistance for their web browser. > http://log.psi.cc/2008/03/02/how-to-disable-verizon-dns-assistance/ > http://netservices.verizon.net/portal/link/help/item?case=dns_assist_fios&partner=verizon&product=fios > > If it's a problem we can change the behavior of the cygwin 1.7 resolver to > require > more than the existence of resolv.conf to enable the bypass. I don't think so. The above explained method sounds quite right to me. Thas't what I expect if an /etc/resolv.conf file exists and I'm sure that's what happens in BIND's resolver code as well. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat