MCP Resolver

Product Overview

MCP Resolver is a distributed system service (DSS) that is a limited implementation of the standard domain name services. MCP Resolver uses external name servers and is recursive. To reduce dependency on external services, MCP Resolver stores any domain name data that it receives for a specified period of time.

General Features

MCP Resolver does the following for a requesting user or program:

  • Resolves a domain name to an IP address

  • Resolves an IP address to a domain name

  • Provides a general look-up capability

Product Information

Refer to the TCP/IP Distributed System Services Operations Guide (8807 6385) for more information.