I've done similar stuff - if you set up a zone for archive.canonical.comand point it at the local address, other canonical.com addresses will resolve correctly, but archive will resolve locally. I'm assuming you have a local name server.
Curt On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 10:47 AM, Jack Coats <[email protected]> wrote: > I would like to do a fakeout on a FEW DNS names for all the machines > in my internal network. > > This is just a thought, and not sure I will implement it, but we will see. > > the idea is to set up a caching repository on one machine in my domain > for Ubuntu, but have all > the other machines in the domain have any references to sites like: > > archive.canonical.com > extras.ubuntu.com > security.ubuntu.com > etc > > point to my caching server, and let other non-specified references > pass through to a normal > caching DNS server. Also, I need my software on THIS server to go > 'through' to the outside > DNS so the cache can work. > > Does that make sense? > > Yes, I was bad and missed Tilghman's talk that I am sure covered doing > such great things, > but if someone has some suggestions or what manual I could RTFM, I > would appreciate > the reference. > > Thanks... > > ><> ... Jack > Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart... Colossians 3:23 > "You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people." — > Admiral Grace Hopper, USN > "If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the precipitate" > - Henry J. Tillman > "Anyone who has never made a mistake, has never tried anything new." - > Albert Einstein > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
