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Re: [slightly OT] How the heck can the private LAN make DNS requests



<quote who="Calyth">
> I'm planning to set up a proxy, and I'll have to get the standard
> services (HTTP, FTP, POP), and SOCKS on the firewall. I'm just
> wondering how the heck the machines inside can get DNS requests if
> they need to have a DNS resolved? Do I have to setup a DNS for that
> purpose?

i would highly reccomend an internal DNS yes. otherwise for
clients that support it they would get the dns resolution
from the proxy server. i like my networks to have both
forward and reverse dns setup.

nate




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