Mac OSX 10.7

Sander Steffann sander at steffann.nl
Fri Jul 22 13:44:01 CEST 2011


Hi,

> As in many things, Apple doesn't work this way. (In this case that's
> good, because the /etc/resolv.conf behavior is crap.) Since 10.6, 
> Mac OS X uses mDNSResponder for all DNS lookups, and appears to have an
> algorithm that cycles between resolvers based on reachability:
> 
> http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4030
> 
> One can only hope that IPv4 and IPv6 servers are treated equally, but I
> don't know for sure. Maybe someone with a working dual-stack resolver
> and Mac OS X 10.7 can do some measurement and let us know?

I think Tore Anderson had some info on that… Tore?
- Sander



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