[UNsolved] was: what does dig +trace do?

[Tom Schmitt]

> "dig +trace" calls getaddrinfo() and that needs to be able to resolve
> the hostname (without dots at the end).  getaddrinfo() is called
> so that we don't have to have a full blown iterative resolver in
> dig.
> 

I see. So no way to solve this one in dig itself.


> The Internet moved from being a flat namespace (names without dots)
> for hostnames to a heirachical namespace (names with *internal*
> dots) a 1/4 century ago.  http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc921
> 
> Hostnames without dots are now local (e.g. localhost) or need to
> be qualified (resolv.conf: search).
> 

Yes, I heard something about a Internet that was invented some time ago... :-)

But seriously: I don't see in the RFC that it is forbidden to have a hostname directly in the root-zone (without a internal dot).

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