Hi Alan,
On 12/07/2011 04:32 PM, Alan Bateman wrote:
On 07/12/2011 06:58, Charles Lee wrote:
Hi Chris,
Sorry I can not give a *detailed* description :-P Have you
successfully get an APIPA address? [1] is the link which describe
they have get such addresses :-D
The behaviour difference was introduced by the some latest patches
from the Microsoft. And I am heard recently that they are going to
change this behaviour back future O:-)
I am thinking that, since APIPA address is available, we may need to
filter the return address array in case that the native api
*accidentally* change its behaviour.
[1] http://lmgtfy.com/?q=getaddrinfo+apipa
There's something fishy here. As this is a server then one would guess
that it would be configured with at least one static IP address and
for the hostname to resolve to one of those addresses. From the mails
it sounds like the hostname is resolving to a list that includes an
APIPA address address, which suggests to me a Windows bug or else
configuration that causes the APIPA to be automatically registered. Do
you have a reference to the patch that is causing this, it would be
nice to read the description.
I can not find that from a simple google, but we can find that it is a
different behaviour from different version.
Also Microsoft tend to add registry settings to revert behavior
changes and maybe there is something for this. As I said in one of the
earlier mails, the patch is fine and seems completely benign, it's
just that this thread lacks the meat to completely explain why it is
needed.
I understand.
-Alan.
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Yours Charles
