Re: DNS Lookup

[Stephanie Wright <swright@xxxxxxxxx>]

> It is REALLY annoying to have WebTen repeatedly tell me (when trying 
> to add a Virtual Host):
>
> \\Domain Name lookup failed. Add 'www2.thecassandraproject.org' to 
> your DNS Server.
>
> Why does Wt come back with a failed DNS lookup so very quickly (less 
> than a second) rather than wait for a recursive lookup to succeed?
>
> I can open another browser window, enter 
> www2.thecassandraproject.org in and go to the server, so, if a web 
> browser can find the host, why the heck can't WebTen? These should 
> be no problem whatever since the DNS server that is configured for 
> WebTen is also authoritative for thecassandraproject.org. I don't 
> get it.
>
> Does WT have a problem with CNAMES?

Welllll, cnames do require two lookups, one to get the hostname the 
alias is pointing to, and then a second lookup to get the IP address 
of that host. It shouldn't be a problem, but perhaps that second 
lookup isn't happening fast enough.

--
    Stephanie J. Wright

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