Running two DNS Servers on one machine with two IPs

[Michael Kohne]

On Thu, 07 Sep 2000 12:46:08 GMT, andreas.graf at usa.net wrote:
>What do I have do do in order to run a primary and a secondary=
 DNS
>server on one machine (RedHat 6.2) with 2 IPs assiged.
>Thanks in advance for your help
>Andreas
>
>
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>Before you buy.
You want to use the 'listen-on' options in your named.conf file.=
 
You'll have different configs for the two servers.

Now, a second point: Why do you think you want to run two nameds=
 on 
the same box? You say primary and secondary, which makes me think=
 
that you want to run both name servers that you told your=
 registrar 
about on the same machine. If this is your purpose: DON'T DO=
 THAT! 
Find someone else to host your secondary DNS. The whole POINT of=
 
having secondary DNS is so that DNS will work, even if your=
 machine 
is itself down. It's polite, and it's the right thing to do.

If, on the other hand, you are trying to maintain seperate DNS=
 for 
your internal masqeraded network and the rest of the world, then=
 
listen-on is definitely the option you want to look at.

Michael Kohne
mhkohne at discordia.org
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