On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 04:05:51PM +0800, Patrick Hsieh wrote: > Hello list, > > I'd like to make my debian box to loopback connect when it tries to > connect to a specific domain name, say "www.foo.com". So I > configured /etc/hosts and put 127.0.0.1 www.foo.com in it. > > When I try to ping www.foo.com, it exactly goes to 127.0.0.1. But > when I use telnet www.foo.com 80, it will not connect to 127.0.0.1.
Telnet uses DNS before it looks in /etc/hosts. It's a bug in the name resolving routines having to do with ipv6. Some people don't think it's a bug. I don't know why. bugs.debian.org may have the anser somewhere. HTH, --Pete -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
