> From: "Charles Steinkuehler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Vic Berdin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [leaf-user] FreeS/Wan and tinydns > Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 09:40:46 -0500 > > > Can FreeS/Wan make use of tinydns instead of bind8? I've read docs > > from J.Nilo's site and I'm sold that tinydns is a much > better choice > > compared to bind. However, I also would like to > > setup VPN using FreeS/Wan (already patched my kernel). But will > > FreeS/Wan work with tinydns? > > The short answer is "yes", but actually, your question > doesn't make much sense. > > Tinydns and bind are both DNS servers. While a DNS server is > critical in getting any domains you may be in control of to > resolve for folks out on the internet, it doesn't have much > to do with name resolution on your local hosts. What really > matters is the contents of the /etc files hosts, resolv.conf, > nsswitch, and similar. > > Charles Steinkuehler > http://lrp.steinkuehler.net > http://c0wz.steinkuehler.net (lrp.c0wz.com mirror)
Would Vic's use of the DNS server be to allow opportunistic connections, where the key is stored on the DNS server? Presumably tinydns would allow this? Would it allow dynamic updates of your IP (and thus eliminate a commercial dynamic DNS server subscription)? I didn't quite understand what he was getting at in the original post, I wonder if this is the real question? Brock _______________________________________________________________ Multimillion Dollar Computer Inventory Live Webcast Auctions Thru Aug. 2002 - http://www.cowanalexander.com/calendar ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
