java.net: Classpath vs. libgcj Comparison

Sun Apr 16 22:21:00 GMT 2000

Matt Welsh wrote:
> Bryce McKinlay <bryce@albatross.co.nz> writes:
> > I disagree with this. Caching inside InetAddress is a misfeature. The underly
> > ing OS already caches DNS entries.
>> Really? Do *all* underlying O/S's cache Internet address lookups?
>> My guess was that this was added to java.net.InetAddress to mask any
> incompatibilities between operating systems in this regard.

Sorry, looks like I was wrong here - the OS (win32,linux) doesn't cache unless you
have a caching nameserver running locally.
regards
 [ bryce ]