Subject: Re: How do I get DNS to use TCP instead of UDP?
To: Dieter <netbsd@sopwith.solgatos.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/01/2006 22:21:22
On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 03:31:57PM +0100, Dieter wrote:
> I need to get DNS/resolver to never use UDP and always use TCP.
> 
> You would think that there would be some option for
> /etc/resolv.conf but I can not find one in the fine manual.
> 
> Alternately, is there some proxy that will listen for DNS on
> udp and tcp and ship the requests upstream via tcp?

Hum, I don't think it's possible at all to do name resolution over TCP.
In nameserver daemons, TCP is only used for synchronisation between
servers of the same zone (zone tranfers).

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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