Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 15:49:57 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: knowtree@aloha.com, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How to get around failing reverse DNS lookups? Message-ID: <19980302154957.56826@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <34FA4016.1536@aloha.com>; from Gary Dunn on Sun, Mar 01, 1998 at 07:13:59PM -1000 References: <34FA4016.1536@aloha.com>
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On Sun, 1 March 1998 at 19:13:59 -1000, Gary Dunn wrote: > I run a caching-only DNS on Windows NT server at work to speed up > frequently used lookups, because our "real" DNS servers are distant and > slow (long story omitted). This particular server is not registered by > its actual name, although the IP address does belong to me (another long > story). Sounds like you should tell selected parts of the story. If you own the domain, you should be able to arrange reverse mapping. > Certain operations such as FTP connections to my FreeBSD box are slow > because of this -- the inability to perform a reverse lookup (IP to host > name). I have placed an entery in the hosts file, but it does not help. > > Short of fully registering my server, and without violating Internet > policy, is there a way to improve on this? Well, I suppose you're violating Internet policy already if you don't perform reverse mapping. > My only guess is to manually load an entery for the missing server > in the DNS table, but I don't think that is possible when running > WinNT DNS in cache-only mode. I can't speak for Microsoft. It is possible with FreeBSD, though not exactly kosher. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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