Mac OSX 10.7

[Tore Anderson]

* Sander Steffann

>> 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?

There was an informative post over at Apple's IPv6 mailing list
explaining the new behaviour in OS 10.7:

http://lists.apple.com/archives/Ipv6-dev/2011/Jul/msg00009.html

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Tore Anderson
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