Date: 16 Aug 2001 17:49:14 -0000 From: "Martin Gignac FreeBSD " <freebsd@mia.ericsson.ca> To: <darryl@osborne-ind.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: DNS questions Message-ID: <20010816174914.99659.qmail@goldorak.ericsson.ca>
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Yes, this is totally possible, and often done. You want to configure your internal DNS to forward any query it can't resolve to another DNS. In BIND I think the directive is called 'forwarder(s)' or something to that effect. If you use djbdns, the way to accomplish this is detailed on the http://cr.yp.to/ web site (bear in mind that the design pilosophy between BIND and djbdns are different, so that the way to accomplish what would want will be handled differently on djbdns -- if I am not mistaken :)). -Martin > Greetings, > am running 4.3-release. > > Have been trying to install/configure qmail, which has lead > me to DNS. Our internal LAN does not use DNS for name > resolution. We have hosts files that are populated with > machine addresses and names. Not the best, but working. > > I have been thinking about setting up the following: > > setup a machine on our internal LAN to be the primary DNS for > our private IP's (192.168.1.x). (Our lan is connected to the > internet through a gateway running FreeBSD 4.0 with ppp -auto > -nat. So, currently the network clients have our ISP's > primary & secondary DNS servers setup on their machine.) > > This new DNS server would resolve our local private IP's and > forward any unknowns to our ISP's primary DNS server. Is this > possible? Is there any online pointers/tutorials for this ? > > > thanks, > Darryl > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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