Re: Incorrect "host not found (authoritative)" - occasional but annoying

Alan J. Flavell wrote:

> As far as the user is concerned, they access a URL at a valid host
> and get told:
..
> DNS Domain 'what.ev.er' is invalid: Host not found (authoritative).
worth).

Either there is a DNS authority problem for the domain (er.er), or your
hosts reslover returns the wrong errorcode on DNS timeouts
(HOST_NOT_FOUND instead of TRY_AGAIN)

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Henrik Nordström
Sparetime Squid Hacker