On 3/3/12 5:48 PM, Jens Alfke wrote: > Look up the hostname. No ping required.
As I mentioned in the reply I just posted, even looking up the hostname is potentially problematic. One obvious case that I overlooked in my response: mandatory hostname lookup will cripple your functionality if you don't have an active network connection. As for ping, not only does the OP not need it, they shouldn't even think about using it. A *huge* number of sites block ICMP echo requests. For example, cnn.com (employing the OP's example) doesn't respond to ping! This then quickly leads us down the reachability/two generals rabbit hole that this list seems doomed to repeat every six months or so. > Honestly, use Data Detectors. Ditto, of course. -- Conrad Shultz Synthetiq Solutions www.synthetiqsolutions.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
