On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 11:29 -0700, Guy Fraser wrote: > On Tue, 2006-28-03 at 17:08 +0200, Stuart Murray-Smith wrote: > > Hi list > > > > I want to set up a DNS server that will 'emulate' multiple nameservers > > on one server ie when queried, the answer will appear as if _this_ > > physical server is the SOA for _this_ domain only. > > > > What design philosophy should I follow? Seems as though a mixture of > > Auth Only, Stealth (for invisibilty), and Forwarding is favourable. > > > > How would I list multiple reverse lookup (zzz.yyy.xxx.rev) files in named.conf? > > > > Any insight highly appreciated! > > > > TiA, and have a great day! > > > > Stu@ > > FC5 comes with Bind 9 which supports views. Webmin's Bind8 module > supports Bind 9 and views. O'Reilly makes a great book for Bind > and it covers views. > > Use these resources and you may figure out what you need to do. > > Complex DNS configurations require some understanding of how > DNS works. > > There may not be a simple formula to do what you want, but using > views is may what you want. > > If all you need to do is provide authoritative responses for > multiple domains you can do that within the default config. > > If you want to only allow responses for authoritative zones > try some of the info at this link: > > http://www.cymru.com/Documents/secure-bind-template.html > Thanks Guy! This is better than what I was looking to achieve! Have a great day! Regards, Stu@