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Date:      Wed, 12 Aug 1998 10:35:29 +1200 (NZST)
From:      Andrew McNaughton <andrew@squiz.co.nz>
To:        Jesse <j@lumiere.net>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: named sending out NOTIFY on alternate IP
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980812102826.16671A-100000@aniwa.sky>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02.9808110051040.27714-100000@leaf.lumiere.net>

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On Tue, 11 Aug 1998, Jesse wrote:

> Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 00:55:18 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Jesse <j@lumiere.net>
> To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: named sending out NOTIFY on alternate IP
> 
> 
> Anyone know if it's possible to have named originate all outgoing
> connections from an aliased IP? Such a NOTIFY's. I have my ns on its own
> IP for portability, but it isn't the primary IP for the machine. When it
> sends NOTIFYs to inform the secondary DNS server about DNS record changes,
> the secondary DNS server always sees it as coming from a non-authorative
> server since it's not coming from the ns IP.
>
> I know I can just add the primary DNS servers' IP to the secondary
> servers' master server list, but that's just a work around. I'd prefer to
> make it send out the NOTIFYs via the right IP. It'd also make it possible
> to secure up my ipfw rules a bit more.
> 
> If anyone has any ideas or comments, I'd appreciate it. Thanks.


I don't know what arrangements are available under named, but you could
set up something using ipfw and natd to change where the packets leave
from. Again it feels like a workaround, but at least it's a workaround on
the right machine, and should allow for the ipfw restrictions you want. 

Andrew


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