On Thu, Jul 16, 1998 at 10:17:45AM -0500, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: > Hack is the word alright. My opinion is that you're attacking this problem > the wrong > way though. Now let me make sure I've got it right. When your connection is > down > (diald? pon? xisp? ???) programs are trying to make DNS lookups and these > programs > hang for a long time waiting for a DNS response which doesn't come back. What > names > are they looking up? It stands to reason that unless you're trying to use the > internet > you shouldn't need to look up any host which isn't local. There no reason not > to have > local hosts in your local bind database, right?
Well the thing is... I have worked out how to swicth between "online" and "offline" modes...actually simple... the idea is to have 2 dirs /var/named-online and /var/named-offline then have /var/named a sym link to the proper one. in the same script that changes the sym link issue kill -SIGHUP `cat /var/run/named.pid` My question is on how to setup named so that it is capable of answering the queries of my machines about eachother (ie if kitty wants to resolve shit-box.carpanet to check out the web server) -Steve > Stephen J. Carpenter wrote: > > > I have been trying to solve some issues for myself by making my > > own version of a "dynamic IP hack". I think its a great idea but > > implimenting it is proving tough. > > > > The reason is this: I have 127.0.0.1 setup as my main name server. > > whenever my ppp connection is not up, any program which ends up causing a > > DNS > > lookup can be a PITA ...since it tends to try and wait for a long time. > > > > the "workaround" has been to kill named but...My machine is setup as the > > nameserver by all the machines on my network (woo hoo...all 3 of them) > > anyway here was my idea: > > > > copy the bind setup... > > then setup one of them so that it has no knowledge of any root servers and > > is the primary nameserver for the network...and list no other > > outside adresses or nameservers anywhere. > > > > This would basically be the setup of a machine that is never to be internet > > connected. > > The other setup wouyld have those configs and also know about internet > > nameservers and cache requests to them.... > > How do I setthis up? > > I have read the BIND docs...I even read the manual by Paul Vixie: > > Name Server Operations Guide for BIND > > I just can't figure out exactly how to set it up... > > my setup: > > I have a network of 3 machines: > > Win95 machine name: Spiderman (my father's PC..he named it) 10.0.0.35 > > Linux Box: Shit-Box 10.0.0.42 > > my girlfriends Mac: kitty 10.0.0.11 > > > > Shit-Box (name has a long story attached ;) ) is the internet gateway (when > > ppp is up), the web server, the name server, mail server, etc... > > > > I would provide more info but...I needed bind working so I had to > > dpkg -r bind...then trash the config and re-install it > > (I screwed it and my backup setup both up) > > > > currently I am calling my network carpanet (as in Shit-box.carpanet) > > can anyone help set this up? any pointers to more good info > > (Paul Vixie's manual is very good but obviously isn't doing it for me) > > -Steve > > > > -- > > /* -- Stephen Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------ > > */ > > A favorite quote from a source I forget: > > "Only Microsoft can take an algorithim that has been under years of > > public scrutiny and weaken it to the point where the entire key space > > can be searched in 3 days" > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > -- > Jens B. Jorgensen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- /* -- Stephen Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>------------ */ E-mail "Bumper Stickers": "A FREE America or a Drug-Free America: You can't have both!" "honk if you Love Linux" -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
