Thanks for the links; I had no idea, although I probably should have known, that DNScache was that smart. Now, if only I could get myself to that point.
-joe ----- Original Message ----- From: Patrick Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2003 14:12:45 +0200 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re:�[leaf-user]�What�do�DNS0�and�DNS1�do�[Bering]? > j d wrote: > > > > Okay, this might be a total newb question, but I've been looking around for a tip > > and can't seem to find it. > > > > I've got a Bering V1.2 uClibc-0.9.15 box up and running, pretty much as a defualt > > firewall. Connectivity is good, now I'm just trying to make sure it's actually > > WORKING as a firewall, which is a different post altogether. My question concerns > > dnscache and the "correct" way to resolve nameservers on the internal network. > > > > I'm running dnscache to refer to my ISP's pri/sec upstream nameservers with > > FORWARDONLY set, of course. I'm not running BIND or tinyDNS on the local net, as > > I simply haven't figured out how yet. ANYway...those 2 nameservers I've put into > > the dnscache config (via the lrcfg menu) show up in etc/resolv.conf file - along > > with another address in the same range, which I'm assuming for the moment is all > > right. My question is this: if the file /etc/dnscache/env/DNS1 contains the > > identities of the nameservers that I entered, what the heck are all the address in > > DNS0 doing? this file reads: > > > > ***************** > > # cat /etc/dnscache/env/DNS0 |more > > 198.41.0.4 > > 128.9.0.107 > > 192.33.4.12 > > 128.8.10.90 > > 192.203.230.10 > > 192.5.5.241 > > 192.112.36.4 > > 128.63.2.53 > > 192.36.148.17 > > 198.41.0.10 > > 193.0.14.129 > > 198.32.64.12 > > 202.12.27.33 > > ***************** > > > > ...I can genuinely say I haven't put ANY of those in there. Can anyone suggest > > what's going on? If I've failed to provide enough info for this particular > > question, please berate me. Thanks for your help. > > > > -joe > > They are root name servers, even your ISP is dependent on them. There's > lots of documentation at D. J. Bernstein's site: > > http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/dnscache.html > > Look under "Resolution and caching policies" and it will answer your > question. And how does DNS work, in a simplified manner: > > http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/intro-dns.html > -- > Patrick Benson > Stockholm, Sweden > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 -- __________________________________________________________ Sign-up for your own personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup CareerBuilder.com has over 400,000 jobs. Be smarter about your job search http://corp.mail.com/careers ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
