Ascend Archive
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: (ASCEND) DNS resolution bug
-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin A. Smith <kevin@ascend.com>
To: Kit Knox <kit@connectnet.com>; ascend-users@bungi.com
<ascend-users@bungi.com>
Date: Monday, May 11, 1998 9:08 PM
Subject: Re: (ASCEND) DNS resolution bug
>
>We have considered processing what we could (the first 512 bytes) and
>ignoring the TC bit. But that could have unpredictable consequences.
>The alternative is also unpredictable, since virtually no one else supports
>the TCP option, even if we did, it most likely wouldn't work.
Surely, if "virtually no one else" supports this DNS over TCP, then
"virtually no one" would be able to access (for example) Microsoft's web
site? I'm sure Microsoft's own access logs would dispute that!
Mark
++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++
To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com
To get FAQ'd: <http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq>