I co-authored an article in this month's (August)
http://www.linuxgazette.com about setting up DNS (named) for your home
system as an authoritative DNS server.
Bill Mote
-----Original Message-----
From: Gyepi SAM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Ed Franks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 1:28 AM
Subject: Re: diald is dialing every few minutes
>On Tue, Aug 17, 1999 at 05:48:56PM -0600, Ed Franks wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>
>> However, I am getting annoyed with diald incessantly
>> dialing every few minutes.
>
>> But, in the standard.filter file, I thought there
>> were some rules for defeating nameserver traffic from
>> causing it to dial?! If not, then what are rules 2 & 3
>> for? What are rules 24 & 25 doing? It seems that
>> 24/25 contradict 2/3? help!
>>
>rules 2/3 are for named transfers of their caches. This runs over tcp.
>standard named calls use udp. furthermore, when named is running as a
>client, looking up an address, it uses a non priviledged source port
>( >1024 ) [at least the new version 8.x? does].
>Think of it this way. When named uses tcp or connects from port 53, it
>is performing an administrative task. otherwise it is doing work
>directly on someone's or some machine's behalf. We ignore teh former
>and bring up the line for the latter.
>
>> FWIW, I do NOT run any named nor gated on my network.
>> Each system has all of the other local net systems
>> defined in its own host file.
>>
>
>You should run named on your network. It will solve or reduce your
>problems. This should really be a FAQ. If you use diald, you ought to
>run named.
>
>
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