I do the same... :)
On 2/3/13, Zane Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > Benjamin, > > By the way, I don't use the PDNS cache because I sometimes need to > vary the response based on the requestor's ip address. Instead I > handle all caching in the backend. > > Zane > > On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Veniamin (Benjamin) Beskrovny > <[email protected]> wrote: >> THanks a lot for the tip. >> >> BR >> >> On 2/3/13, Zane Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Benjamin, >>> >>> DNSPacket * which is passed in to the lookup method can be used to >>> determine what the original query type was. I very much needed to use >>> the packet pointer in order to select which records of a set which, in >>> the database my backend interfaces too, are as a set non-rfc >>> compliant. My approach was to look a the packet query type and return >>> to pdns only those records it needs to answer the query. >>> >>> Zane >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 10:17 PM, Ask Bjørn Hansen <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Feb 2, 2013, at 10:08 PM, Peter van Dijk >>>> <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> However, no backend should *need* the exact qtype. Why do you think >>>>> you >>>>> need it? >>>> >>>> For my application[1] it's (relatively) expensive to figure out the >>>> answer >>>> and the answers can't be cached in the server, so figuring it out for >>>> any >>>> possible record type is just wasteful. >>>> >>>> >>>> Ask >>>> >>>> [1] I made it in Go instead of as a pipe backend when I was upgrading >>>> the >>>> system last fall: https://github.com/abh/geodns >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Pdns-dev mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://mailman.powerdns.com/mailman/listinfo/pdns-dev >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Pdns-dev mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mailman.powerdns.com/mailman/listinfo/pdns-dev >>> > > > > -- > Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. > _______________________________________________ Pdns-dev mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.powerdns.com/mailman/listinfo/pdns-dev
