Re: [Pdns-users] recursing for records which are missing from authoritative zones

2015-04-29 Thread k...@rice.edu
On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 05:19:22PM +0200, Peter van Dijk wrote: > Hello, > > On 29 Apr 2015, at 15:40, k...@rice.edu wrote: > > >>Apparently such cases exists, otherwise this sentence would not be in > >>the documentation. > >>https://doc.powerdns.com/md/authoritative/recursion/ > > Such cases d

Re: [Pdns-users] Is recursor needed ?

2015-04-29 Thread Nicholas Williams
Based on previous discussions, it sounds like recursion in the authoritative server will not do what you want it to do, and does not do what it used to do. See my response just a few minutes ago on the thread with subject "recursing for records which are missing from authoritative zones." On Tue,

Re: [Pdns-users] recursing for records which are missing from authoritative zones

2015-04-29 Thread Nicholas Williams
Correct me if I'm wrong, because I'm no PDNS Recursor expert. But I believe you would want to set this up like this: - Create a PDNS Authoritative server running on a different IP address (ideal) or different port (not 100% sure this can work). Make it authoritative for the zones you want served l

Re: [Pdns-users] recursing for records which are missing from authoritative zones

2015-04-29 Thread Peter van Dijk
Hello, On 29 Apr 2015, at 15:40, k...@rice.edu wrote: Apparently such cases exists, otherwise this sentence would not be in the documentation. https://doc.powerdns.com/md/authoritative/recursion/ Such cases do not exist; the documentation is incorrect/outdated. Please file a ticket! A simp

Re: [Pdns-users] recursing for records which are missing from authoritative zones

2015-04-29 Thread k...@rice.edu
On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 03:33:50PM +0200, Peter Thomassen wrote: > Hi Ken, > > So, what would be an example of a situation where "PowerDNS will > consult the recursor for an recursive query, even if PowerDNS is > authoritative for a domain"? > > Apparently such cases exists, otherwise this senten

Re: [Pdns-users] recursing for records which are missing from authoritative zones

2015-04-29 Thread Peter Thomassen
Hi Ken, On 04/29/2015 02:50 PM, k...@rice.edu wrote: > On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 11:26:41AM +0300, Kiki wrote: >> Thanks for the info. I'm stull confused about the meaning of "for questions >> for which there is no answer", in the following paragraph: >> >> This means that for questions for which th

Re: [Pdns-users] recursing for records which are missing from authoritative zones

2015-04-29 Thread k...@rice.edu
On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 11:26:41AM +0300, Kiki wrote: > Thanks for the info. I'm stull confused about the meaning of "for questions > for which there is no answer", in the following paragraph: > > This means that for questions for which there is no answer, PowerDNS will > consult the recursor for

[Pdns-users] Contact the reverse of the PowerDNS recursor

2015-04-29 Thread kometch
Hello, all NSD PowerDNS recursor 3.7.2, only for a specific domain is set to another want us to do so, but reverse only returned calls. The corresponding forward-zone parameter and it's thought that? $ grep -v -e "#" -e "^$" /etc/powerdns/recursor.conf allow-from=127.0.0.0/8, 10.0.0.0/8, 100.6

Re: [Pdns-users] recursing for records which are missing from authoritative zones

2015-04-29 Thread Kiki
Thanks for the info. I'm stull confused about the meaning of "for questions for which there is no answer", in the following paragraph: This means that for questions for which there is no answer, PowerDNS will consult the recursor for an recursive query, even if PowerDNS is authoritative for a doma