How getnamebyaddr work?

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Polaris

Hi Experts:

Can anyone tell me how getnamebyaddr work? Does it try to resolve name by
contacting local DNS service first (looking at the local
/Windows/System/drivers/etc/hosts file)? If failed, it will try to contact
remote DNS server?

Thanks in Advance!
Polaris
 
Correct , the host file at first but dns cache searched too ( you can do the
same with "ipconfig /displaydns" in dos box ) and Netbios names( if Netbios
enabled ) and after that dns query
Arkady
 

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