Re: name server on firewall box?
:-> "Christian" == Christian Volk <debian@volkedv.de> writes:
> I want to run the minium of services on my router/firewall. In
> the current
> setup the DNS server is on another box. It resolves the local names and
> forwards other requests to the ISP's name servers.
> With the new ISP it seems I don't have any choice but to move
> the name server
> to the router/firewall machine to set the IPs after dial-up.
> Is this advisable or should I find a method to communicate the
> name server
> IPs from the router/firewall on the other box?
just run a full DNS on whatever machine you want, without using the
provider's one. You will directly poll the master nameservers, it will
be a little slower (not noticeable, unless you query a lot of
different addresses per second), but your local dns will grow an
internal cache, so after a while the most requested addresses will be
already there....
Pf
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