> I have a server on a dynamic ip address. If the ip address
> changes I can no longer establish connections. Although my
> certs refer to a dns name rather than an ip, if the dns is
> updated to reflect the new address, ssl fails. If the
> application is restarted, everything works with no changes.
> It appears that the application does a name lookup at process
> startup and uses the ip address found persistantly somehow,
> rather than doing the lookup at the time the connection is
> attempted. 

> Why does this happen and how can I correct this behaviour?

You aren't even going to tell us what application this is?

DS


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