Run a second internal recursive DNS server for your local users. Then set your DNS Server for your domains without recursion.
Eric Haskins Web Systems Developer Rooms To Go On 10/27/06, Jenny Gavin-Wear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The problem is that with Recursion enabled on a DNS server hosting domain > is > it allows IP forging for spammers. (From what I have read.) I have some > pillock spammer forging my IP through this method. I have been told by my > hosting company that I need to sort this out. > > With recursion turned off it means the mail server won't work as it won't > be > able to look up non-local domains. So, I need to be able to restrict the > facility of recursive lookups to the local IPs. I can't see any way to do > that. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Russ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 26 October 2006 19:17 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Open DNS Server / Recursion > > > Easy... don't disable recursive lookups. > > Without recursive lookups, your DNS server will only respond to queries > about things that it knows... i.e. the dns entries hosted on your server. > > In order for it to resolve domains that it knows nothing about, it must go > and do a recursive lookup using other dns servers. > > Russ > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jenny Gavin-Wear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 8:44 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: OT: Open DNS Server / Recursion > > > > Totally off topic. > > > > I run DNS servers for a number of domains and also mail servers for > those > > domains. > > > > I have a problem in that when I disable Recursive look ups the DNS > servers > > then fail to answer DNS queries from the local IP addresses. > > > > Any ideas anyone please? > > > > Jenny > > > > Jennifer Gavin-Wear > > Fast Track Online > > Tel: 01262 602013 > > http://www.fasttrackonline.co.uk/ > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.11/497 - Release Date: > > 25/10/2006 > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:258260 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
