diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b161884ac4..06fc0db75c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+  53.   [bug]      zhanglikun
+	bin/bindctl: Generate a unique session ID by using 
+	socket.gethostname() instead of socket.gethostbyname(), 
+	since the latter one could make bindctl	stall if its own 
+	host name can't be resolved.
+	(Trac #228, svn r2096)
+
   52.   [func]      zhanglikun
 	bin/xfrout: When xfrout is launched, check whether the
 	socket file is being used by one running xfrout process, 
diff --git a/src/bin/bindctl/bindcmd.py b/src/bin/bindctl/bindcmd.py
index 8b63da96e5..138024f05f 100644
--- a/src/bin/bindctl/bindcmd.py
+++ b/src/bin/bindctl/bindcmd.py
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ class BindCmdInterpreter(Cmd):
         '''Generate one session id for the connection. '''
         rand = os.urandom(16)
         now = time.time()
-        ip = socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname())
-        session_id = sha1(("%s%s%s" %(rand, now, ip)).encode())
+        session_id = sha1(("%s%s%s" %(rand, now, 
+                                      socket.gethostname())).encode())
         digest = session_id.hexdigest()
         return digest