FreeLists / openbeosnetteam / [openbeosnetteam] Re: r18408 moved to network

["Waldemar Kornewald" <wkornew@xxxxxxx>]

On 8/11/06, Axel Dörfler <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Oliver Tappe <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > I had thought you'd need TCP for DNS, but then, I dunno if it's
> > > really
> > > required.
> > Yes, I suppose you need TCP for a full DNS implementation but most
> > queries
> > are handled via UDP AFAIK. Furthermore, I'd like to look into the
> > required
> > infrastructure, a.k.a. the resolver (cache, access to .../etc/hosts
> > if we
> > want to support that)? Or is that already in place (haven't checked
> > at all)?
>
> Well, we have BIND as part of our libnetwork.so, in the dns/ subfolder.
> I think Waldemar originally ported it.

Yes, I ported BIND, but Philippe once mentioned some better resolver
(djbdns or tinydns?) which is less buggy and has a simpler codebase:
http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html
http://tinydns.org/

> Thanks Waldemar, for posting it!

Actually, I should have posted it earlier. ;)

Bye,
Waldemar Kornewald