On Thu, Jan 20, 2000 at 10:01:36PM +1100, Terry Dawson wrote:
> On 18 Jan, Bob Nielsen wrote:
>
> > Has anyone come up with a method to convert the ampr.org listings from
> > ftp.ucsd.edu to a proper format to use with bind (which appears to me
> > to be more difficult to set up than sendmail?) I'm looking for a
> > solution which could be used on a system not connected full-time to the
> > Internet. I just bought the O'Reilly bind book, but haven't
> > figured this one out yet. I assume I need to create a db.44 file.
>
> Bob,
> I think it'd help if you described precisely what it is that you are
> trying to achieve. That way we can advise you on the best course of
> action.
>
> You talk about needing this for a machine that isn't permanently
> connected to the net .. ok .. but why would a machine not permanently
> connected to the net require a complete ampr.org zone file? What are
> you able to actually reach via amprnet?
>
> Will this machine act as a DNS to other hosts, or do you want this
> capability just so this machine can resolve the addresses for itself?
Terry,
I'd like to keep the amprnet and internet operations completely
separated.
The machine I have was using diald and every time I sent smtp to another
44 station, it dialed up my ISP to do a DNS lookup, even though I am
routing 44 traffic out my radio port. /etc/hosts works fine for
telnet, ftp, etc., but not smtp (at least I haven't found a way to do
this.) I have run JNOS a bit, and have pointed 'dns nameserver' to a
DNS via the local gateway, but if I run kernel AX.25 I don't know how
to use a different DNS for ampr.org than I use for everything else.
I was thinking that running a 'cache-only nameserver' with a local
zone file for 44.xxx might work for this application. As an
alternative, is there a way to configure sendmail (or exim, postfix,
qmail, etc.) to look at /etc/hosts first before trying a DNS lookup?
Bob
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