Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 12:17:03 -0500 From: "Trevor S. Cornpropst" <tcornpropst@cox.net> To: "DJ Boris" <dj_boris@mail.ru>, "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: how can I stop named to dial out at startup Message-ID: <200303161217.03476.tcornpropst@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <003601c2ebaf$77fd2c40$85cd07c4@d> References: <003601c2ebaf$77fd2c40$85cd07c4@d>
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On Sunday 16 March 2003 06:29, DJ Boris wrote: > hi there, > > I use named to only forward dns requests (if any). every time I start it > (manually from the command line) it dials out. then the ppp times out after > 3 mins, connection gets dropped and everything geos back to normal. as soon > as a dns request arrives ppp kicks in.. and so on and so on. > > in named.conf I have forward only and have set forwarders. so everything is > OK but just that initial dial out at start up is annoying me. > > i have read named.conf manual and there is says that you can put "dialup > yes" have done that but no luck and I think this option is more for proper > dns and doesn't apply to dns forwarding > > any ideas? > > thanx > dj_boris > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message You want to configure this behavior in ppp. ppp offers packet filtering with the ability to allow/deny packets during certain states of operation, one of them being "dial". See /usr/share/examples/ppp/ppp.conf.sample around line 280 to see how you prevent DNS packets from initiating a dial up. man ppp may also shed some light on your problem. Trevor Cornpropst To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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