Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:04:43 -0700 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Gary Dunn <osp@aloha.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Does NAT require DNS (named)? Message-ID: <96B86AF8-F505-411B-BF09-FAAAB9D72C97@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <201004082058.o38KwuSI019881@leka.aloha.com> References: <201004082058.o38KwuSI019881@leka.aloha.com>
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On Apr 8, 2010, at 1:57 PM, Gary Dunn wrote: > Continuing the saga of building a wireless access point, what is the best way to provide DNS service to the dowstream network? Run a nameserver? > Seems like all I need is a simple pass-through. For that named seems like overkill. Anyone have an /etc/named/named.conf that does that? named is fine, although I was happier with it's security history in the prior millennium than I am recently. But, if you don't want to run your own nameserver, point them toward nameservers run by your upstream network provider... Regards, -- -Chuck
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