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List:       djbdns
Subject:    Re: [OT] trailing "root anchor" dots in URL hostnames, practically
From:       prj () po ! cwru ! edu (Paul Jarc)
Date:       2004-01-29 14:34:29
Message-ID: m3hdyelt6c.fsf () multivac ! cwru ! edu
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Matthias Andree <ma@dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de> wrote:
> You'd rather write "search . my.domain" to force the resolver to try the
> fully-qualified hostname first and then search your domain.

That's typically how it works anyway, for names containing at least
one dot.  Names without any dots are usually tried in the search
domain first, and then the root.


paul
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