Archive for May, 2008

Understanding host name resolution and DNS behavior in Java

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

What can be simpler than resolving a host name to IP address? Whoever asks this question probably does not fully understand the details of the name resolution process. Want a quiz? Just think about the host called "256.1.2.3". OK, we can go quite far if we continue this way. This article is about getting [...]