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echo: irex
to: Michiel van der Vlist
from: mark lewis
date: 2012-03-15 13:32:56
subject: Bug report

ml> no... the problem is that it cannot perform domain name lookups
 ml> because it uses an old method that is no longer supported by the newer
 ml> libs... it works just fine with IP numbers, though... especially since
 ml> there is no DNS lookup for them ;)

 MvdV> That workaround works only for static IP numbers. Many - if not
 MvdV> most - nodes are on a dynamic IP.

true but it does work for them as well... one just needs to update the
entry in IREX before attempting the connect... yes, a PITA but a
possibility...

)\/(ark

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