Hi Keith, I've not used that approach myself, as I have always had other internal DNS servers to do the heavy lifting. It makes sense that you could put in specific records, and it would answer queries for those specific records. Since you've used this feature more, I will definitely trust your word more than mine :). But I think the original question was, if a client gets an IP from the DHCP server running on EFW, will EFW actually accept the client's attempt to register using dynamic DNS? I didn't think that capability existed, so please let us know if you've seen that work. I still have a need, almost 100% of the time, for a true DNS server internally; one that can answer queries for MX, NS, SOA, PTR, etc., so I just have not used EFW as the main DNS server. I like its proxy function, though. And please, let me know if there's some button in this thing that I should be pushing more, regarding DNS. Thanks Keith,
Shaun -----Original Message----- From: Keith Coles [mailto:k...@trivas.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 1:44 AM To: efw-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Efw-user] DHCP and (multiple) hostnames. Shaun I must be missing something here...EFW can act as a DNS server for its internal zone. It uses dnsmasq which acts as a composite DNS/DNS forwarder/DHCP server. As well as using DHCP leases to populate the DNS server it can also use the contents of a host file (usually /etc/hosts). I don't think it can do zone transfers, or act in master/slave roles so its not suitable for larger more complex networks. I use it routinely for setting multiple aliases for internal systems, and for setting aliases for external systems. Regards Keith Shaun Skillin (home) wrote: > > I think you’re actually on the right track Peter. If EFW could support > the function of being authoritative for an internal zone, that would > be great. It can probably do it, I just haven’t tried to load BIND on > it yet. Of course, that brings up the question of how much a firewall > is supposed to do, but I kind of like the Swiss Army Knife approach. > > Shaun Skillin > CCIE #4527 R/S & ISP/Dial > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com _______________________________________________ Efw-user mailing list Efw-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/efw-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com _______________________________________________ Efw-user mailing list Efw-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/efw-user
