Subject: Re: problem on resolver
To: None <current-users@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu, yenchee@zeus.csie.nctu.edu.tw>
From: Theo Deraadt <deraadt@fsa.ca>
List: current-users
Date: 04/21/1994 13:14:11
> I found the current resolver doesn't recursively lookup if the appended
> domain name doesn't exist.  

The resolv.conf(5) manual page explains the `search' keyword.  This
newish change to the resolver is according to the RFC's -- it is
intended to reduce DNS traffic.

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