Package: libc6 Version: 2.3.5-8 Severity: important
Resolver inconditionnaly sort ip address lists defeating DNS round robin load balancing: exemple : first invocation : [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ nslookup http.us.debian.org Server: 127.0.0.1 Address: 127.0.0.1#53 Non-authoritative answer: Name: http.us.debian.org Address: 204.152.191.7 Name: http.us.debian.org Address: 216.37.55.114 Name: http.us.debian.org Address: 35.9.37.225 Name: http.us.debian.org Address: 64.50.236.52 Name: http.us.debian.org Address: 128.101.80.133 another one: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ nslookup http.us.debian.org Server: 127.0.0.1 Address: 127.0.0.1#53 Non-authoritative answer: Name: http.us.debian.org Address: 128.101.80.133 Name: http.us.debian.org Address: 204.152.191.7 Name: http.us.debian.org Address: 216.37.55.114 Name: http.us.debian.org Address: 35.9.37.225 Name: http.us.debian.org Address: 64.50.236.52 --> direct DNS Query --> round robin OK now using the glibc resolver: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ wget http.us.debian.org --23:22:40-- http://http.us.debian.org/ => `index.html' Resolving http.us.debian.org... 35.9.37.225, 64.50.236.52, 128.101.80.133, ... Connecting to http.us.debian.org|35.9.37.225|:80... next try: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ wget http.us.debian.org --23:22:44-- http://http.us.debian.org/ => `index.html.1' Resolving http.us.debian.org... 35.9.37.225, 64.50.236.52, 128.101.80.133, ... Connecting to http.us.debian.org|35.9.37.225|:80... connected. --> address are always sorted and I am sticked to 35.9.37.225 try with telnet : [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ telnet http.us.debian.org 80 Trying 35.9.37.225... Connected to http.us.debian.org. Escape character is '^]'. Connection closed by foreign host. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ telnet http.us.debian.org 80 Trying 35.9.37.225... Connected to http.us.debian.org. Escape character is '^]'. Connection closed by foreign host. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ telnet http.us.debian.org 80 Trying 35.9.37.225... Connected to http.us.debian.org. Escape character is '^]'. Connection closed by foreign host. --> same behaviour but not with ftp ......?!?!?! This behaviour defeat the round robin on http.us.debian.org for apt-get (which is my main concern). -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i586) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.14-rc5 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
