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Re: Slowdowns 1.2.11 -> 2.0.7

To: "Paul D. Smith" <pausmith@nortelnetworks.com>
Subject: Re: Slowdowns 1.2.11 -> 2.0.7
From: wesley.craig@umich.edu
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 17:49:21 -0500
Cc: openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 26 Mar 2001 17:37:36 EST." <15039.50352.663803.701671@lemming.engeast.baynetworks.com>

> From:    "Paul D. Smith" <pausmith@nortelnetworks.com>
> To:      openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org

> The problem is that in 1.2.11, OpenLDAP (specifically,
> libldap/os-ip.c:ldap_connect_to_host()) used gethostbyname() to do the
> hostname lookup.  This elicits a very fast response from my DNS server.

I'd suggest that the default autoconf should not enable reverse DNS.
Only those people who are using DNS based access control (questionable
at best) need this reverse lookup, and this is not the first comment
that OpenLDAP is slow in the default configuration.

:wes

References:
- Slowdowns 1.2.11 -> 2.0.7
  - From: "Paul D. Smith" <pausmith@nortelnetworks.com>

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