On Tue, 1 Feb 2005, hajj abujamal wrote: > > Stephen Turner wrote: > > > Analog doesn't do anything as complicated as you think. It just > > calls the system function gethostbyaddr(). It's up to the OS to > > respond appropriately to that call. > > TDIMon ( http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/tdimon.shtml ) > shows Analog sending the DNS request to the Transport Driver Interface. > When the rDNS fails ~ and ONLY when it fails ~ then "System" sends the > nbname request to the Transport Driver Interface. The system function > isn't called unless the rDNS return is negative. >
But analog doesn't do any of this explicitly. It just calls gethostbyaddr(). The winsock library does whatever it thinks is appropriate with that call. -- Stephen Turner, Cambridge, UK http://homepage.ntlworld.com/adelie/stephen/ "Low Priced Cambridge Clare College. Big selection at eBay UK!" (Ad after Google search for Clare College Cambridge) +------------------------------------------------------------------------ | TO UNSUBSCRIBE from this list: | http://lists.meer.net/mailman/listinfo/analog-help | | Usenet version: news://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.analog.general | List archives: http://www.analog.cx/docs/mailing.html#listarchives +------------------------------------------------------------------------
