Hi Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote the following at 18:13 06.06.2002: >Message: 11 >Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2002 08:47:27 -0700 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: Ray Olszewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: [leaf-user] Using HOSTS file > >At 09:45 AM 6/6/02 +0200, Erich Titl wrote: >[...] > >>At 08:38 PM 6/5/2002 -0400, you wrote: > >> >I use DNS2GO to handle my dynamic IP for the benefit of the outside > >> >world (one day I'll register my own domain). > >> > > >> >But for now, if anyone in the internal network trys to browse > >> >mullan.dns2go.com it won't work (of course). What I would like is for > >> >the LEAF box to recognize this DNS request and translate it to the > >> >internal IP (192.168.1.128). > >> > > >> >Can anyone tell me how to do this? I thought it might be the HOSTS > >>file > >> >but that doesn't seem to work. > > > >You will have to implement your own DNS server to do that. This is not a > >trivial task because you don't own DNS2GO. > >It might be better to register your own domain and then you can basically > >do with it what you want. > > > >For exampe I own think.ch, it is hosted at zoneedit.com, but for my > >internal network I override it with my own DNS server > >Huh? DNS is just a state of mind. You don't need to "own" a domain to >override its resolution locally. And while it's *usually* not a good idea >to supersede the public DNS servers for domains you don't own, the original >poster should face no special *technical * problems in arranging for an >on-LAN DNS server to be authoritative (locally, not globally - globally >DOES require that you "own" the domain) for the domain mullan.dns2go.com . >Full-size BIND can do this trivially easily, and I would expect the >tinydns/dnscache combo that someone else suggested can manage it too.
Of course you are right, I just don't feel too comfortable to mess up foreign territory. I still believe it is worth to have your own domain if you want to play with DNS. Erich THINK Püntenstrasse 39 8143 Stallikon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Fingerprint: BC9A 25BC 3954 3BC8 C024 8D8A B7D4 FF9D 05B8 0A16 _______________________________________________________________ Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
