On Thu, 10 Dec 1998, Shawn Bayern wrote:
> There's ALSO mars.cs.yale.edu, which is a cname for mars.ycc.yale.edu.
> THIS, in turn, doesn't resolve anymore. So what's happening -- I *think*
> -- is that if you reverse the last two entries in your resolv.conf, you
> hit "mars.cs.yale.edu" first; it *exists* as a cname but doesn't
> ultimately resolve, so the lookup fails. When you restore the order, you
> hit "mars.yale.edu" first, and this successfully resolves to the familiar
> Mars. This should be fixed by whoever manages the "cs.yale.edu" domain.
> I'll let them know if I remember.
In case anyone still cares, this problem was just fixed. :) (Hey, they've
been busy!)
Whee...
Shawn