[insha]

Hi all,

I just wanted to know if anyone can shed some light on why Safari is taking a long time to resolve my localhost address when I use http://bonsai.local -- while Firefox brings it up almost instantaneously? I have tested this with both Camino and Firefox and it works flawlessly.

I'm using Tiger and Safari 2.0 (412).

So does anyone have any idea why this happens in Safari?

NOTE: Safari only chokes when I type in http://bonsai.local but works fine when I use the IP address or "localhost".

Thanks.

[insha]

Okay, so I'm answering my own post.... anyway, here's what I found out.

This problem only occurs when the "Stealth Mode" is turned on for the Firewall. Once turned it off, I was able to resolve all local addresses instantaneously.

Not sure if you have this turned on or not; but you do the following to find out:

Go to System Preferences -> Sharing -> Firewall -> Advanced -> uncheck "Stealth Mode"

Now open Safari and type in "http://machinedname.local" or if you want to go to a specific port "http://machinename.localortnumber/"

This should resolve this situation; but this is still a big in Safari as I did not need to do this for resolving local addresses in Firefox and Camino.

Cheers.