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Date:      Tue, 12 Jun 2001 15:13:41 +0200
From:      Len Conrad <LConrad@Go2France.com>
To:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Managing DNS
Message-ID:  <5.1.0.14.0.20010612145358.02bcd7a8@mail.Go2France.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010206192112.72113.qmail@mail.itech-usa.com>
References:  <20010206205708.A54391@poeza.iconnect.co.ke> <20010206205708.A54391@poeza.iconnect.co.ke>

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>Someone else mentioned that you could have a single NAMED DB file for 
>multiple domains, the problem would be that the IP addresses for the 
>services would all be the same.

thatīs not a "problem", itīs a requirement for that approach.

>on my server, but I believe that NAMED-BASED may be what you want to look into

... MUST look into, ie, virtual servers behind one ip.

>  if you are concerned about IP Address allocation. You might also want to 
> consider using QMAIL if you arent already.

postfix also does virtual SMTP servers behind one ip.

If the shared zonefile (all RRīs identical for all zones) is not possible, 
then the BIND $INCLUDE control statement is the next best assist.

"db.TTL" would include one line

$TTL 86400

and

"db.infrastructure"  to be $INCLUDEd could look like this:

@ NS ns1.ISPdomain.com.
@ NS ns2.ISPdomain.com.

localhost A 127.0.0.1

@ MX 10 MX1.ISPmailhub.com.
@ MX 20 MX2.ISPmailhub.com.

smtp A ip.ad.re.ss   ; users send outbound mail here
pop A ip.ad.re.ss   ; users read mailboxes mail here
webmail A ip.ad.re.ss   ; users do on-line mail here

That leaves only the SOA, www, ftp, etc non-common A records in each 
db.zonefile, which would looke like this:

$INCLUDE db.TTL
@ SOA ...
$INCLUDE db.infrastructure

;non-common RRīs follow
@ A ip.ad.re.ss
www A ip.ad.re.ss
ftp A ip.ad.re.ss

Warning: Iīm a contractor for M&M

Men & Miceīs Quick DNS 3.5 provides a remote GUI for managing BIND8 on 
various platforms, and Iīm trying to get them to include FreeBSD in the 
variety.  If youīd like that port done, visit their site, DL the eval, and 
then send them an email asking for the port.

Len



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