>I am using Debian Linux 2.1, kernel 2.2.11 and BIND 8.2 to setup a local
>caching DNS server.
>Nicolai Langfeldt's DNS HOWTO has an example of setting up a caching only
>DNS server.
>
>You can post the detaild BIND/DNS questions to the General BIND discussion
>mailing list
Thanks for your answers.
I've also contacted the bind mailinglist, but I'm not really satisfied with
the possibilites and suggestions I've been given there, since most of the
bind users do not have to deal with unstable wireless connections like we
have, and most of them have a permanent connection to the internet.
I would like to have a configuration where I can list the names for local
ham stations here (within ampr.org) and forward only if requests for not
listed stations should be answered.
Setting up my DNS server as master for ampr.org is impossible, because
requests for names which are not listed in my ampr.org zone file are not
forwarded. Setting up as a slave is impossible too, because zonetransfers
between the ampr.org master are out of question. The only alternative seems
to be caching only, but the connection to the next reachable DNS server
which is very far away is slow and not reliable. So caching-only would make
the system unstable too, even for local names I would know anyway, because
they also will need to be forwarded. Maybe there is a possibility to do
static entries in the caching table or set the caching time to large value?
Any ideas? If you're running a DNS server for some hams in your area and
also don't have a permanent internet connection please let me know how you
are dealing with it.
Thanks
Robert
