[Virtualacorn-list] Resolver Question

[Jeremy Nicoll - ml VA]

On 2018-08-22 11:22, Dave Symes via Virtualacorn-list wrote:

> 1) Didn't know Netsurf had a resolver module... I wonder where it is
> hiding?

It won't be a module, just part of Netsurf.

Modules are just programs written in a special way that lets them start
and then provide services to multiple users/programs - usually extending
what the OS does.

There's no reason why what a resolver module does for lots of callers
couldn't be implemented by each of the users (ie programs) themselves,
except that it's inefficient for everyone to reinvent the wheel.  It's
a pity that the RO resolver hasn't been fixed though.


> 2) The VRPC resolver only has a problem with the name translation (or
> whatever you technical folks would call it)

I'd call it name resolution.  That's what it does - looks up names (on
DNS servers) and returns the IP address.


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Jeremy Nicoll - my opinions are my own