Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Ethereal Lockup on Linux

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From: Warren Young <warren@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 14:30:01 -0700
Guy Harris wrote:
> 
> > Would it be worth using one of the asynchronous resolver libraries like
> > adns instead of gethostbyname()?
> 
> Sure, if they can use NIS as well as DNS....

Instead of the complicated child process idea -- a nearby copy of BIND
should serve that role already -- why not make it a configure option. 
If the user specifies adns, they're saying "my network is DNS-based". 
Otherwise, use the OS's resolver.
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