From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 4 22: 8:11 2001 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 4 22:08:10 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from giroc.albury.net.au (giroc.albury.NET.AU [203.15.244.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A454737B400 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 22:08:08 -0800 (PST) Received: (from nicks@localhost) by giroc.albury.net.au (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f0567iS68695; Fri, 5 Jan 2001 17:07:44 +1100 (EST) Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 17:07:44 +1100 From: Nick Slager To: Keith Walker Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using BIND in a local, bogus network Message-ID: <20010105170744.A66041@albury.net.au> References: <01010418384900.00606@mars.walker.dom> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <01010418384900.00606@mars.walker.dom>; from kew@icehouse.net on Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 06:38:49PM -0800 X-Homer: Whoohooooooo! Sender: nicks@giroc.albury.net.au Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thus spake Keith Walker (kew@icehouse.net): > In my perfect world, the firewall would have a named running that would be a > domain master for the bogus network, would cache "real" addresses, and just > generally, DTRT. > > I've had *some* success with this, but I cannot get the nameserver to quit > forcing dial-outs, keeping the modem connected almost 24/7. > > Ok, so: > > 1) How come the named program keeps dialing out? > 2) How can I prevent this? > 3) Are nameservers designed to run only on full time systems? > 4) Is there a better way of doing this? You might want to look into userland PPP's filters to stop the auto dial on DNS lookups. Have a look at the examples in /usr/share/examples/ppp. Nick -- From a Sun Microsystems bug report (#4102680): "Workaround: don't pound on the mouse like a wild monkey." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message