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Date:      Fri, 19 Nov 2010 22:11:07 -0600
From:      Jay Hall <jhall@socket.net>
To:        Gary Gatten <Ggatten@waddell.com>
Cc:        "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: DNS Resolution
Message-ID:  <201011192211.08206.jhall@socket.net>
In-Reply-To: <1159_1290216311_4CE72377_1159_2401_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499A7AF8CF0@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com>
References:  <1159_1290216311_4CE72377_1159_2401_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499A7AF8CF0@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com>

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On Friday, November 19, 2010 07:25:10 pm Gary Gatten wrote:
> I ran into a similar situation where the ns was behind a Juniper SRX doing
> NAT. Said Juniper had a "smart" DNS piece (ALG) that does special stuff on
> DNS packets; max record length, special NAT, etc.  I had to disable the
> DNS ALG to fix the "problem".
> 
> If your ns is behind a NATing device, start there.  Or, if you can run
> tcpdump on the ns, or before it hits a fw/NAT - ensure the reply packets
> have the "proper" IP in them as they leave the ns.

Thanks for the quick response.  I think this is a problem with a piece of 
equipment I do not have access to.  The only difference between the site 
experiencing the problem and the other sites I maintain is the router.  If I 
redirect DNS queries to other sites, everything works as expected.

Thanks for your help.




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