Date: Sun, 5 Jul 1998 23:24:03 -0700 (PDT) From: "Brian O'Shea" <boshea@ricochet.net> To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Strange problem with named as a caching-only name server Message-ID: <199807060624.XAA12386@atropos.ricochet.net>
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That's the answer to my problem! Thanks.
FYI: I am using the real Internet root name servers in my named.root file,
and I am using NAT to deal with only having one (dynamic) IP address.
-brian
Forwarded message from Matthew Smithshaw
>
> The IP 10.0.0.2 is (rfc 1918) private. I Assume you are _not_
> using the Internet root name servers in your named.root file.
>
> If you are (and using NAT or such ilk), you will need to also
> be authorative for the domain 0.0.10.IN-ADDR.ARPA.
>
> Had this problem myself where reverse lookup was not yet in
> place!
>
> At 03:59 05/07/1998 -0700, Brian O'Shea wrote:
> >Hello and greetings.
> >
> >I'm running FreeBSD 2.2.5 with BIND version 8.2 and I am having a little
> >difficulty setting up named as a caching-only name server. I can't connect
> >to named on my machine when I specify my IP address in /etc/resolv.conf .
> >I don't seem to have this problem when I specify the loopback address in
> >it's place. I would settle for the loopback address except that I have
> >read that this is a bad idea due to a bug in the BIND code (but I had to
> >try it anyway, just to see what would happen).
> >
(a lot of stuff cut out here to keep my response short[er]...)
> >
> >Any ideas on how I can get this running smoothly?
> >
> >Thanks in advance,
> >-brian
> >
> >
> >p.s. Some other information that might be of use:
> >
> >I start named with the following command:
> >/usr/sbin/named -b /var/namedb/named.boot
> >
> >/var/namedb/named.boot:
> >; named.boot - BIND boot file (caching-only for atropos.Ricochet.NET)
> >directory /var/namedb
> >cache . named.root
> >
>
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Brian O'Shea
boshea@ricochet.net
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