Corrupt cache

[Cricket Liu]

> I was under the impression that the resolver algorithm would never append
a single
> label (e.g. "com") as a search element. That's what the whole "ndots"
option was
> created for, wasn't it? I.e. the ability to override the default minimum
of 2
> labels...

The default BIND 4.8.3 search list only "devolved" (to use Microsoft's
term) to two labels, and the Windows resolvers follow that behavior,
so that's right.  I suppose you could deliberately put a single-label
domain name into the search list with the search directive, though.

ndots is different, though.  It's the number of dots that need to be
present in a domain name argument to trigger the resolver to look up
that argument as-is, before applying the search list.
cricket

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