bind9 and ipv6
I've just installed Bind9 on a spare machine to do DNS caching for my
SOHO LAN. The install and config went o.k. as there is no shortage of
reading material - both in print and the web - such that I could figure
most of it out.
However, I am seeing something that I don't know what to do with and how
to fix (if need be). When I start up /etc/init.d/bind9 start, and then
check /var/log/syslog, I see the normal startup messages for bind, but
also see the following:
named[2387]: IPv6 structures in kernel and user space do not match
named[2387]: IPv6 support is disabled
named[2387]: no IPv6 interfaces found
I have the IPv6 module compiled in my kernel, and I'm using 2.2.20.
Are these startup references to IPv6 simply safe to ignore?
One more question: I've set this up as a caching server. However, can
I add a master zone for the machines in my LAN, even though I don't have
a FQDN? I read the following article ...
http://portico.org/articles/userdns.php3
which indicates that you can setup your own private DNS zone for your
small LAN. This sounds interesting, but I don't want to upset my ISP
and don't want to unnecessarily be sending out junk info packets to the
Internet.
I'm finding that understanding the intracacies of DNS takes a good
amount of time and reading ... :)
Kevin
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