Re: (DNS) draft wording for W.G. review. from Anawat Chankhunthod on 1996-03-27 (ietf-http-wg@w3.org from January to March 1996)

From: Anawat Chankhunthod <chankhun@catarina.usc.edu>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 01:22:15 -0800
To: Anawat Chankhunthod <chankhun@catarina.usc.edu>
Cc: jg@w3.org, http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <199603270923.BAA05340@catarina.usc.edu>

> It is as simple as it might seem.

I meant "It is not as simple as it might seem.".

> - gethostbyname call doesn't give you ttl information back
>   So, if a ttl info is needed, you have to basicially integrate all 

I answered myself here. yes you can use res_mkquery to do raw dns. 
It's still a pain though.

Anawat

Received on Wednesday, 27 March 1996 01:26:56 UTC