On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 03:35:29AM +0000, chris <n...@cevnet.mine.nu> was heard to say: > On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:17:57 +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > > Yet, when I ping debian.org, tcpdump sees 2 (!) DNS A requests to > > 127.0.0.1:53. > > > > Where are the coming from? How can I tell that source to stop trying to > > be smart; if there were a DNS server on the loopback address, I'd have > > configured it in /etc/resolv.conf. But I did not, and I run Debian > > because I like to be in control of things. So what's going on, and how > > can I restore the norm? > > You say "ping debian.org". I'm not sure what actions you need to take to > make your system not try to resolve that into an ip. Without an entry in / > etc/resolve.conf the default nameserver to query will be localhost > (rtfm). What tcpdump showed you was normal.
I think the point Martin is making (hopefully not putting words in his mouth) is that he doesn't know of anywhere that he configured localhost as a DNS resolver. You would expect (or at least I would) that without any configured DNS server, DNS queries would just fail, not try to contact random servers in case something answered. Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org