Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 10:39:55 +0200 From: Ulrich Spoerlein <spoerlein@googlemail.com> To: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ca> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: resolver doesn't see resolv.conf changes Message-ID: <20060408083955.GA1041@roadrunner.q.local> In-Reply-To: <20060406153938.C78654@orthanc.ca> References: <20060405152718.GA1003@roadrunner.q.local> <20060406153938.C78654@orthanc.ca>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > The solution is to run a local caching nameserver instance. You should do this anyway, for > performance reasons. Add 'named_enable="YES"' to /etc/rc.conf, and modify your > /etc/dhclient.conf as follows: Good idea, but this defeates the hierarchical purpose of DNS. Now my caching DNS is always querying the root DNS servers. And there might be ISPs who disallow outgoing DNS connections to somewhere else than their own DNS servers. Additionally, when jacking into someone else's LAN, I usually want to use their local DNS servers, to resolve local names. Ulrich Spoerlein -- PGP Key ID: 20FEE9DD Encrypted mail welcome! Fingerprint: AEC9 AF5E 01AC 4EE1 8F70 6CBD E76E 2227 20FE E9DD Which is worse: ignorance or apathy? Don't know. Don't care. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEN3bb524iJyD+6d0RAjWsAJwL0jN5Aqn0yYpm8qHkft1Xf1RjbACeMovF 9thvkKpn8T9g9BQcvIcAMo4= =HWcp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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