From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 14 23:39:13 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FA2B37B401 for ; Mon, 14 Oct 2002 23:39:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.thundernet.cz (mail.thundernet.cz [62.77.87.114]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BC19743EAF for ; Mon, 14 Oct 2002 23:39:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from neuhauser@bellavista.cz) Received: (qmail 10512 invoked from network); 15 Oct 2002 06:39:03 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO freepuppy.bellavista.cz) (62.168.44.50) by mail.thundernet.cz with SMTP; 15 Oct 2002 06:39:03 -0000 Received: by freepuppy.bellavista.cz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id D306D2FDAB2; Tue, 15 Oct 2002 08:38:34 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 08:38:34 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser To: sroberts@dsl.pipex.com Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Caching namesever in sandbox not resolving local boxes Message-ID: <20021015063834.GU364@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Mail-Followup-To: sroberts@dsl.pipex.com, FreeBSD Questions References: <1034622133.363.34.camel@Demon.vickiandstacey.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1034622133.363.34.camel@Demon.vickiandstacey.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG # stacey@Demon.vickiandstacey.com / 2002-10-14 20:02:11 +0100: > I've got named configured as a caching nameserver in a sandbox on my > gateway as per the Handbook. However when I run nslookup on other > machines on my network, I get this: > # nslookup > Server: > Address: upstream NS IP> > > *** can't find : Non-existent host/domain > # I can't really help you with this one (I use different software for DNS), and I see others already tried to guess what you were doing, but you might want to read this anyway: http://homepages.tesco.net./~J.deBoynePollard/FGA/dont-obscure-your-dns-data.html and why you should never use nslookup(1): http://www.faqts.com./knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/9287/fid/699 http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/faq/tinydns.html#nslookup http://homepages.tesco.net./~J.deBoynePollard/FGA/nslookup-daft-error-message.html > I'm thinking that I can't resolve any other hosts on my network because > I've not got entries for them in a zone file, but then the handbook says > that to create a caching nameserver: > > "A caching name server is a name server that is not authoritative for > any zones. It simply asks queries of its own, and remembers them for > later use. To set one up, just configure the name server as usual, > omitting any inclusions of zones." > > So, am I missing something here. I might well be mistaken in my > understanding of exactly *what* a caching nameserver is supposed to do. http://homepages.tesco.net./~J.deBoynePollard/FGA/dns-server-roles.html -- If you cc me or take the list(s) out completely I'll most likely ignore your message. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message