On Wed, 1 May 2019 13:47:32 +0200 "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@telefonica.net> wrote:
On 01/05/2019 13.22, Anton Aylward wrote:
Sorry Carlos, "Intercepted' is just too vague a concept. Somehow, somewhere there is a decision-in-software, an 'if" statement based on a config file entry, and not a beady-eyed raptor waiting to swoop down on an unsuspecting rodent.
nscd is not in the "official" loop, IMHO, so instead it puts itself in the middle intercepting some library calls and giving an answer without the library reaching its designed goal of reading the hosts file or querying a DNS.
I can not explain in detail because I do not know, I simply guess.
I just typed 'linux how does dns resolution work' into u-no-hoo and got this result: https://zwischenzugs.com/2018/06/08/anatomy-of-a-linux-dns-lookup-part-i/ I haven't read it all, so it might be a waste of time, but it starts off well .... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org