Re: Problems using gethostbyname() to resolve *.net.au
| From: | Dan Anderson | Date: | Mon, 03 Nov 2003 22:38:17 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Problems using gethostbyname() to resolve *.net.au | ||
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> the firewall is configured to block pings from outside - security reasons - so
> called stealth mode
No, you are wrong. gethostbyname($hostname) correctly resolves my
servers, and I have disabled pings for security reasons.
gethostbyname($hostname) has nothing to do with pings as a matter of
fact. It performs a whois lookup and returns the ip address of
$hostname.
-Dan