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  From: Mark Newton <newton@atdot.dotat.org>
  To  : James Collins <sysadmin@ltuae.com>
  Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 12:58:54 +0930

Re: Apache reverse proxy -- why does this even work?

On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 12:43:36PM +1000, James Collins wrote:

 >     It meaning the resolver. This is my understanding of how it works. But
 > experiments and research show that it's a very grey area. The offical word
 > from the book is that it won't look at a nameserver that aren't listed in
 > resolv.conf. But I'm sure that at some time in the past that I've had it
 > looking at the local nameserver first. <Shrug?>

It'll look at the local nameserver if you specify no nameserver at all.

This really isn't "a very grey area";  The resolver is very well documented
with a lot of history behind it.  It either uses the nameservers you've
told it to use (and -only- the nameservers you've told it to use) or there's
a bug.

(You might want to check environment variables, though:  most of the
stuff in /etc/resolv.conf can be overridden by the process' environment)

  - mark

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