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Re: (ASCEND) DNS resolution bug
I'm getting this with Mac 8 and Win95b Winsock 2.0 and Win98 rc0. If I
connect with the same win95b from the local ether all is well. Only when I
dial into the Maxes. If I dial into the Livingston pm2e then all is well
again.
-Jesse Martinez-
CEO
East County Internet Services, Inc.
Voice (925)706-4280
Fax (925)706-4282
On Tue, 12 May 1998, Laurence G. Kahn wrote:
>
>
> In reply to 12 May message from Jesse Martinez <jmartine@ecis.com>:
>
> >Not true. I have tested this from MAC and Win95 machines. With both static DNS as well as
> >server assigned DNS in the profiles. Some IRC's and webs give unable to resolve hosts. If
> >I logon thru the max to a shell on my Linux systems, Those same sites work no problem.
>
> this is a bug in the mac and win95 resolvers where if the truncation bit is set they
> fail.. same as bug in ascend but not caused by the ascend.. this is why for msn.com
> I did a fix in bind to work around this problem for them...
>
> osr2 win95 fixes it...
>
> I think newer mac s/w does also
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