[Ilugc] [OT] how does a Browser work?

[Binand Sethumadhavan]

On 25/04/05, peevee <peevee.chaitanya at gmail.com> wrote:
> >Every TCP/IP "stack" has a subsystem called a resolver - your browser
> >typically starts by asking the resolver to resolve a name into an IP
> >address. The resolver consults a configuration file - /etc/resolv.conf
> >on Unix - and asks the nameservers listed there (which is typically
> >the IP address(es) of the nearest DNS cache) to resolve the name for
> >
> >
> initially where does it get this nearest DNS cache from??

Either you manually configure it (in /etc/resolv.conf) or a DHCP
server assigns it.

Binand