From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 28 15:58:03 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90B89106564A for ; Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:58:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wxs@atarininja.org) Received: from syn.atarininja.org (syn.csh.rit.edu [129.21.60.158]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77D728FC26 for ; Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:58:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wxs@atarininja.org) Received: by syn.atarininja.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id E37155C5C; Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:42:30 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:42:30 -0400 From: Wesley Shields To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080428154230.GC84399@atarininja.org> References: <920.1208964540@critter.freebsd.dk> <4815E9AA.0@wubethiopia.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4815E9AA.0@wubethiopia.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Subject: Re: Re: [RFC] Automated generation of /etc/resolv.conf from the rc.d script X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:58:03 -0000 On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 06:13:46PM +0300, Mike Makonnen wrote: > Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >> In message <+rkPaEJgDwWM+WmNdLneOfPN6Ps@sTlCVUsSEVReKIVdz1gJKNXWeKE>, Eygene Ry >> abinkin writes: >> >>>> I think this is a much needed facility. Some ISP's block DNS queries >>>> from private customers to force them to use the ISP's DNS and >>>> not having this forces a cumbersome manual configuration. >>> Hmm, my patch does not change anything in the respect to the ISP's >>> DNS servers: resolv.conf or BIND will use the nameservers given by >>> DHCP or manually configured via /etc/rc.conf. >> >> That's the point: You get the DNS server IPs from your ISP using >> DHCP :-) >> > > Eygene, > > Have you looked at openresolv (http://roy.marples.name/openresolv)? I > installed it on my laptop a while back and I'm pretty happy with it, but > haven't been able to take it any further wrt FreeBSD (ENOTIME). I think it > solves all your problems and one that I haven't seen addressed yet: domain > specific dns servers. For example, it's very useful for when I have a wired > interface connecting to my local network with its own name servers and and > a wireless interface connected to the internet. As things stand now when I > get my dhcp lease from the wireless AP it overwrites my wired interface's > name server settings. However, with openresolv both can coexist together. > Plus it's BSD licensed. And it is in ports (dns/openresolv), fairly recent addition. The maintainer is also the author and is responsive to the few interactions I had with him while initially helping to port it. -- WXS