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Re: (ASCEND) DNS resolution bug
In reply to 12 May message from "Kevin A. Smith" <kevin@ascend.com>:
>At 10:12 PM 5/11/98 -0700, Jesse Martinez wrote:
>>So what is Ascend going to do about this. I'm getting IRC users that can't
>>get to certain servers because of this.
>I had stated:
>>> We have considered processing what we could (the first 512 bytes) and
>>> ignoring the TC bit. But that could have unpredictable consequences.
>>> The alternative is also unpredictable, since virtually no one else
>supports
>>> the TCP option, even if we did, it most likely wouldn't work.
>To make it clear: we are considering which one of these approaches to take.
>*Constructive* feedback is appreciated.
>
requery using tcp like the rfc's say.. and if it fails.. report the data you got originally
with the overflowed packet bit.. at least this is better than reporting nothing.. and failing..
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