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Subject: Re: I need a numeric IP for a remote DISPLAY
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Michael Sperber writes:

> I don't feel very comfortable shipping a binary kit that has this
> property.

The problem you describe is due to bad DNS name resolution.  We know
from misconfigured-out-of-the-box Linux distributions that we're
vulnerable to bogus DNS setups.

Try poking around on those lines.
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