Re: How to make DNS and DHCP server play nice?

[Jerry Quinn <jlquinn@optonline.net>]

R Ransbottom writes:
 > 
 > 
 > > This is great!  I put in a wishlist to have dnsmasq read the dhcp
 > > lease file out of the box.  Then dnsmasq will really be plug and
 > > play.
 > 
 > Since only one dhcp server should exist on a segment it is a bad
 > idea to have such a package work without, at least, forcing the user to
 > set it up.

However, dnsmasq already serves as a dns proxy out of the box for
whatever server was handed you by dhcp.  And it reads your hosts
file.  The package seems to be explicitly designed for this use (small
network dns service) and as such, I would think that finishing the job
would make sense.  We're trying to make life easier for people, not
harder.

If I have more complex DNS requirements on my internal network, I
should be using bind or one of the other complete DNS servers, not
dnsmasq.

For the paranoid, there could be a debconf message asking you if you
want the server to be turned on at install time or not ...

Jerry