nslookup / resolver behaviour, appending domains?
D. J. Bernstein
75628121832146-bind at sublist.cr.yp.to
Wed Apr 5 05:29:50 UTC 2000
Karl Pielorz writes:
> something-not-existing.com/ANY/IN
> something-not-existing.com.test.com/ANY/IN
> something-not-existing.com.pleasant.com/ANY/IN
[ ... ]
> Is there anyway of disabling this behaviour?
Not for applications using BIND's resolver library.
New applications that use DNScache's resolver library will skip the
extra lookups by default for names with dots:
http://cr.yp.to/dnscache/qualify.html
All aspects of name qualification, including this behavior, are
configurable by the system administrator and by shell users.
---Dan
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