DNS and natd

[Jack L. Stone]

At 05:07 PM 6.2.2003 -0700, Derrick Ryalls wrote:
>> > Alfonso Romero wrote:
>> > > I´m using natd on a FreeBSD 4.8 box as a gateway, so my 
>> internal LAN 
>> > > can access Internet. I´ve configured a web server, but 
>> the local LAN
>> machines
>> > > can´t access the server by it´s domain name. If I setup my FreeBSD
>> gateway to
>> > > also act as a DNS server, are my local LAN machines going 
>> to be able 
>> > > to access my web server with www.ibacsoft.dynu.com, instead of 
>> > > 192.168.0.2?
>> >
>> > 10-bjork# nslookup www.ibacsoft.dynu.com
>> > Name:    www.ibacsoft.dynu.com
>> > Address:  200.67.41.134
>> >
>
>I believe you would need to set up a DNS server and configure it to give
>different results depending on the requesting ip.
>For bind, I think the search term is "views".  There was a good
>description of why this is so a while back, but I have 
>long since deleted it.  I don't think it will be too hard to set up, but
>I haven't tried myself yet.  Hope this helps.
>
>-Derrick
>

Yes, it is an internal DNS setup and I believe "views" requires BIND9. With
BIND8+, you need two DNS setups: 1 for external and 1 for internal
(LAN).....

Best regards,
Jack L. Stone,
Administrator

SageOne Net
http://www.sage-one.net
jackstone at sage-one.net