Simple DNS server (was Re: [nzlug] mdadm and lvm on a live distro?)

[Warren]

On 2007/03/10 15:17, "Cliff Pratt" <enkidu at cliffp.com> wrote:

>> I suppose that's my biggest barrier in learning DNS. Scope. I'm still
>>  looking at a DNS server from my own needs which is a DNS server
>> running simply for my internal network with full authourity.
>> 
> If you run a DNS server on your network that doesn't, ever, get accessed
> from outside you can do practically what you want, including setting up
> rDNS, What you'd use rDNS for, except experimentation, I dunno.

Some applications by default ship with "look up rDNS" ... ssh, apache, some
ftp servers and some email servers spring to mind.  An rDNS, while not an
excuse to proper configuration, can ease the pain of waiting on an rDNS for
a private address...

Cheers,
Warren.