[Nagiosplug-devel] Antwort: RFC: gethostbyname instead of getaddrinfo
Sascha.Runschke at gfkl.com
Sascha.Runschke at gfkl.com
Tue Feb 10 16:25:11 CET 2009
Ton Voon <ton.voon at opsera.com> schrieb am 10.02.2009 14:38:28:
> I propose changing all instances of getaddrinfo to gethostbyname in
> the plugins. This will have an added benefit of reducing the load on
> DNS servers.
>
> I guess some plugins may specifically want to use getaddrinfo (say a
> DNS round robin web server), but I think those are the exceptions to
> the rule.
>
> Since gethostbyname is already used by check_nrpe and check_icmp, I've
> confident of the availability of this function.
>
> Comments?
To make it short - I fully agree with you.
getaddrinfo() should only be used in situations where it's really needed.
Regards
Sascha
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