ssh can't resolve hostnames thru WINS

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 01:49:01PM -0200, Denis Vlasenko wrote:
> I found that openssh use this snippet to convert hostname to ip:
> 
> if((gaierr = getaddrinfo(host, strport, &hints, &aitop)) != 0)
>     fatal("%s: %.100s: %s", __progname, host,
>         gai_strerror(gaierr));

This is the "best" and *current* way to do hostname to IP resolution.

> and it fails for me exactly in this if() when I say "ssh <wins_name>".
> OTOH, ping uses code similar to
> 
> struct hostent *hp;
> hp = gethostbyname(hostname);

This is "the old way", which can't do IPv6 (and has other limitations).

> and this works for WINS names.

Sounds like a microsoft weirdness to me... 

gert
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