Hostnames not resolving

[alan at aondra.com]

As per this StackExchange thread:

     
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/171270/openconnect-not-resolving-hostnames


Addresses such as this will not resolve:
     http://site.company.local/

However, this is perfectly fine:
     http://site/


Both of these work in Windows machines, but I'm unable to glean any 
useful information from them (such as the WINS server address). If this 
were a single site I wouldn't hesitate to just add an entry to my hosts 
file, but there are dozens of them (DOZENS!).

If you have a solution, it would be greatly appreciated (especially 
since I've yet to find a resolution in three months).

-Alan