diff -ur bfilter-0.10.3.orig/main/daemon/Daemon.cpp bfilter-0.10.3/main/daemon/Daemon.cpp
--- bfilter-0.10.3.orig/main/daemon/Daemon.cpp	2006-02-10 15:57:38.000000000 +0000
+++ bfilter-0.10.3/main/daemon/Daemon.cpp	2006-03-05 16:16:51.000000000 +0000
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@
 #else
 	Alarm alrm;
 	alrm(1); // Don't let it block for too long.
-	gethostbyname("com.");
+	gethostbyname("www.slashdot.org");
 #endif
 }