Return-Path: Delivered-To: new-httpd-archive@hyperreal.org Received: (qmail 11124 invoked by uid 6000); 7 Sep 1999 15:07:10 -0000 Received: (qmail 11112 invoked from network); 7 Sep 1999 15:07:09 -0000 Received: from office.knowledge.com (195.40.167.196) by taz.hyperreal.org with SMTP; 7 Sep 1999 15:07:09 -0000 Received: from peter by office.knowledge.com with local (Exim 2.10 #1) id 11OMpG-0007OG-00 for new-httpd@apache.org; Tue, 7 Sep 1999 16:06:26 +0100 Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 16:06:26 +0100 From: Peter Galbavy To: new-httpd@apache.org Subject: Re: (new/old) idea of resolving Message-ID: <19990907160626.A21727@office.knowledge.com> References: <37D51FD2.FE7DB007@adela.sk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i In-Reply-To: ; from Rasmus Lerdorf on Tue, Sep 07, 1999 at 10:32:52AM -0400 Sender: new-httpd-owner@apache.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: new-httpd@apache.org On Tue, Sep 07, 1999 at 10:32:52AM -0400, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > > I know that resolving of IP address is time consuming and thats why > > there is option to switch online resolving off and resolve addresses > > later. But later > > there is much less chance to resolve address at all. > > Why? DNS is not a transient thing. On the contrary, it is very very transient. The PTR records can change on a regular basis. In fact with dynamic DNS, the PTR record could be changed (and on some networks are) when a dial-up user connects or diconnects. Regards, -- Peter Galbavy Knowledge Matters Ltd http://www.knowledge.com/