domain.com.domain.com being looked up for local names?

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> 
> 
> ma> >
> > > So, I went to my Solaris System to check this out.
> > 
> >         Good.  If you had tried a valid domain name to would not
> >         have added the entry from the seach list there by proving
> >         my point.
> > 
> >         Mark
> 
> My original request was "me.wanted". Nslookup appended cisco.com to the
> first query, then when that wasn't found, it attempted the query as just
> "me.wanted"

	I saw.  Mine was for ftp.uu.net. 
> 
> Ok. What do you mean a valid domain name?

	valid == existing | real

> wanted is a valid domain name. While "wanted" might not be a real domain
> name, it is still a valid one. nslookup would have done exactly the same
> search if I used a real domain, except it would have return a response
> ins answer to the second question asked.  

	No. It would have returned a response to the *first* question.
	Go try it.
	
> 
> Since the local domain name is added on the first query, how in the
> world is nslookup going to determine if "wanted" is not a real domain
> name??
	
	Don't you even look at what you cut and paste?
	The first query was for "me.wanted" the second was for
	"me.wanted.cisco.com".

	Mark

> There is nothing illegal about a domain name of "wanted". what you are
> saying is some how a search would have been done to see if what was in
> my query contained a "valid" domain name?
> 
> Michael
> 
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