[erlang-questions] inet_res:getbyname/2 and udp:connect/3

[Dmitry Belyaev]

Try to add one working nameserver after 127.0.0.1 like this (like for my 
router):

inet_res:resolve("www.rogvall.se", in, a, [{nameservers,[{{127,0,0,1},53}, {{192,168,0,1},53}]},verbose], 5000).

Even if second server is working, the result will be the same.

Dmitry Belyaev


On 06/16/2010 04:35 PM, Tony Rogvall wrote:
>
> On 16 jun 2010, at 08.07, Per Hedeland wrote:
>
>    
>>      
>>> Try an other interface where there is a host ...
>>>        
>> Haven't done that, maybe I will (right now I happen to be on a network
>> where other hosts don't have the courtesy to send ICMP unreachables:-).
>> I noticed something else interesting though - in passive mode:
>>
>> 9>  gen_udp:send(U,<<1,2,3>>).
>> ok
>> 10>  gen_udp:send(U,<<1,2,3>>).
>> {error,econnrefused}
>> 11>  gen_udp:send(U,<<1,2,3>>).
>> ok
>> 12>  gen_udp:send(U,<<1,2,3>>).
>> {error,econnrefused}
>> 13>  gen_udp:send(U,<<1,2,3>>).
>> ok
>> 14>  gen_udp:send(U,<<1,2,3>>).
>> {error,econnrefused}
>>
>> I.e. the error is detected, but only on a subsequent send() (which
>> doesn't actually send anything).
>>
>>      
> Cool!
> send is failing on subsequent send, but recv is not ???? This is strange times.
> Do you think this behavior is documented anywhere?
> A small C program may clear this issue for us ?
>
> /Tony
>
> A small comment intended for the list readers that do understand what we are talking about.
>
> When running the inet_res:resolve function (and friends) it will never return {error,econnrefused}
> But the result {error,timeout} even before the timeout value. This may be a bug or not, for now it is "historical reasons" and
> "convenient". The reasons is that one or several name severs may get econnrefused while others may timeout.
> To get the {error, econnrefused} speed things up when trying servers where DNS servers may have crashed.
> But in the general case, server may be down/burned, routers is down/corrupt, this will not help since no one will send
> the ICMP reply message on the network.
>
> Example:
>
> inet_res:resolve("www.rogvall.se", in, a, [{nameservers,[{{127,0,0,1},53}]},verbose], 5000).
> Query: {msg,[{header,{header,[{id,7},
>                                {qr,0},
>                                {opcode,'query'},
>                                {aa,0},
>                                {tc,0},
>                                {rd,true},
>                                {ra,0},
>                                {pr,0},
>                                {rcode,0}]}},
>               {qdlist,[{dns_query,[{domain,"www.rogvall.se"},
>                                    {type,a},
>                                    {class,in}]}]},
>               {anlist,[]},
>               {nslist,[]},
>               {arlist,[]}]}
> Try UDP server : {127,0,0,1}:53 (timeout=666)
> UDP server error: {error,econnrefused}
> {error,timeout}
>
> Trying a host that do not exist:
>
> inet_res:resolve("www.rogvall.se", in, a, [{nameservers,[{{127,0,0,2},53}]},verbose], 5000).
> Query: {msg,[{header,{header,[{id,8},
>                                {qr,0},
>                                {opcode,'query'},
>                                {aa,0},
>                                {tc,0},
>                                {rd,true},
>                                {ra,0},
>                                {pr,0},
>                                {rcode,0}]}},
>               {qdlist,[{dns_query,[{domain,"www.rogvall.se"},
>                                    {type,a},
>                                    {class,in}]}]},
>               {anlist,[]},
>               {nslist,[]},
>               {arlist,[]}]}
> Try UDP server : {127,0,0,2}:53 (timeout=666)
> UDP server error: {error,timeout}
> Try UDP server : {127,0,0,2}:53 (timeout=1333)
> UDP server error: {error,timeout}
> Try UDP server : {127,0,0,2}:53 (timeout=2666)
> UDP server error: {error,timeout}
> {error,timeout}
>
>
>
>
>
> /Tony
>
>
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