Closed
Bug 218184
Opened 21 years ago
Closed 21 years ago
outdated IP address used
Categories
(Firefox :: General, defect)
Tracking
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RESOLVED
DUPLICATE
of bug 162871
People
(Reporter: mikel, Assigned: bugzilla)
References
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Details
When a host's IP address changes, Mozilla Firebird continues to use the old IP address associated with the host. This manifests itself with my home page which is hosted on a service with a dynamic IP address. If I have Firebird open for more than a few hours, I get a "connection refused" dialog when attempting to view my home page, presumably because my home page's IP address has changed, yet Firebird has not realized this. I suspect Mozilla must use a DNS cache, however it must be badly broken because: a) a long period (even 30 minutes or an hour) after the DNS record has been updated, Firebird still uses the old IP address b) the A records for this host have a TTL of 60 seconds, so Mozilla should not be caching the records for this period anyway I am not sure why Mozilla has a DNS cache at all (surely this should be implemented in the operating system if at all), but perhaps I am just annoyed that its (IMO buggy) behavior stops my home page from working. An advanced/hidden user option to specify a lower TTL or to manually clear the DNS cache is far from a satisfactory solution, if indeed these exist or are to be proposed. Host resolution should work correctly by default.
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Comment 1•21 years ago
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This appears to be the same issue as mentioned in bug 162871. It sounds like it is going to be resolved for Mozilla 1.5 (despite being targeted for Mozilla 1.6 :-/). This will be most welcome! *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 162871 ***
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 21 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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