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List:       kde-commits
Subject:    Re: KDE/kdelibs/kio
From:       André_Wöbbeking <Woebbeking () kde ! org>
Date:       2008-07-19 13:09:01
Message-ID: 200807191509.02253.Woebbeking () kde ! org
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On Wednesday 09 July 2008, Thiago Macieira wrote:
> SVN commit 830140 by thiago:
>
> Make IOSlaves based on TCPSlaveBase request DNS resolution via the
> application. And make the application cache results for 5 minutes.
>
> This should avoid the DNS request storm that happens when loading
> webpages. Whereas this is completly normal and has been done for
> years, apparently we're doing something different now 

AFAIK something changed in Qt4 and there is also a fix for the upcoming 
Qt 4.4.1.

> that causes some cheap routers to lock up or fail to respond.
>
> Those defective routers should be replaced, but while they aren't, we
> introduce a cache.

Well, one of them is FritzBox by AVM which is quite common in Germany.

> Patch by Roland Harneau <truthandprogress@googlemail.com>

Thanks! Much better than to buy a new router :-)
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