FreeBSD and DNS

jason jason at ec.rr.com
Fri Sep 12 20:45:40 PDT 2003


Ronnie Clark wrote:

>Hello all,
>
>I have a questions that I just cannot get my brain
>around. I have a home network and use FreeBSD as my
>firewall using IPFW. It is also my internal DNS
>server, handling name resolution for inside the
>network and passing requests to the internet. I have
>my own domain, and use a free DNS service to point to
>my static IP from the outside. But as of late, the DNS
>service has come under DOS attack. So, if I want to
>host my own DNS records, so that people on the outside
>get my static, routable internet IP address, plus my
>reverse DNS record, can I still have the DNS service
>serve my internal requests? Can you have an A record
>point to the same machine, yet list two different IP
>addresses? Or do I need to move my internal DNS to
>another system to serve the inside? Please help, brain
>in knots over this one.
>
>Thanks,
>RC
>
>
>  
>
I believe you can just by checking the handbook.  For more detailed info 
I would recommend you type "$man named".
That should have all the details you need.
Jason



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