From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from <gentoo-embedded+bounces-1350-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@gentoo.org>) id 1GX389-0001ZQ-4Y for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 09 Oct 2006 21:57:49 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k99Lum1U016539; Mon, 9 Oct 2006 21:56:48 GMT Received: from mail48.e.nsc.no (mail48.e.nsc.no [193.213.115.48]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k99Lumwe005451 for <gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 9 Oct 2006 21:56:48 GMT Received: from mail.nor.wtbts.org ([213.234.126.131]) by mail48.nsc.no (8.13.8/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k99LulV7017768 for <gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 9 Oct 2006 23:56:47 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.nor.wtbts.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC06F3FA46 for <gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 9 Oct 2006 23:56:46 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail.nor.wtbts.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 14632-09 for <gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 9 Oct 2006 23:56:46 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [10.0.25.12] (unknown [10.0.25.12]) by mail.nor.wtbts.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D66D3FA40 for <gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 9 Oct 2006 23:56:46 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-embedded] NSLU2 as a DNS server From: Natanael Copa <natanael.copa@gmail.com> To: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <452A8205.2020400@tampabay.rr.com> References: <452A6CEE.4080809@tampabay.rr.com> <7ff566830610090742l54d6468dvea3b7dc107e9bb77@mail.gmail.com> <452A8205.2020400@tampabay.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 00:08:06 +0200 Message-Id: <1160431687.14991.2.camel@studio> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-embedded+help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-embedded+unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-embedded+subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-embedded.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-embedded@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at wtbts.no X-Archives-Salt: 9ca7f659-eb3f-46e3-91db-81c7e595dd2c X-Archives-Hash: 8cdef4b13334245058ee2fedada32749 On Mon, 2006-10-09 at 13:08 -0400, wireless wrote: > Kelly Price wrote: > > On 10/9/06, wireless <wireless@tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > > > >> 2. Would there be any problem installing DJBDNS on this this > >> device? Would any of the other necessary software for a DNS > >> primary, be a problem? > >> > >> 3. Any other c library issues in running one of these computers > >> as a dns server? > >> > > > > Instead of DJBDNS, I would use DNSMASQ which is quite small onto > > itself, and lets you define static IP addresses for DHCPCD users. > > > Um, I need primary dns server capabilities, it is to be > authoritative.... It is the name server of record, except for the > root servers.... > > As such any form of DNS masquerading is not going to be sufficient. > > Or did I miss something? dnsmasq can share the /etc/hosts file. Kind of ppor mans auth dns server. You have also dnrd. (its badly documented (my fault) but it can do limitd auth DNS hosint.g NS records, A records) I don't recomment any of those if you need to be auth dns for more than your own small network. -- Natanael Copa -- gentoo-embedded@gentoo.org mailing list