Re: dns hijack v.s. tramp

[Michael Albinus]

"Ben Hyde" <address@hidden> writes:

Hi Ben,

> This morning when I went to start up emacs it hung. It was loading
> tramp. It was doing (defcustom tramp-ssh-controlmaster-options …
> (call-process "ssh" nil t nil "-o" "ControlPath=%C"
> "host.does.not.exist”) …)
>
> Today’s ISP cheerfully resolves host.does.not.exist to the IP address
> of their little search engine. I presume they are hoping to convert
> user typo’s into revenue.
>
> Maybe add -o ConnectTimout=… or something?

Tramp 2.2.13, which comes with Emacs 25.1, has changed this already to
"0.0.0.1", which is guaranteed not to be a valid address.

> * ben 
>
> ps. thanks for tramp, it’s a wonder.

Best regards, Michael.