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DNS & ipfwadm

The simplest solution is to make a caching-only DNS server on the
firewall box and point the clients inside the firewall to that.
There's a HOWTO which tells you how to set up a caching-only DNS.

Regards,

- -- Raju

>>>>> "Manoj" == R Manoj <rmanoj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

    Manoj> Hello all, Can somebody tell me how do i use DNS from
    Manoj> inside a firewall ? I have implemented firewall using
    Manoj> ipfwadm. My private network address is 192.168.1.0 and i've
    Manoj> got a second network card also installed on my linux box(RH
    Manoj> 5.2 pcq) which has got a valid ip through which outside
    Manoj> communication is done .

    Manoj> When i do ' nslookup' after enabling the firewall an error
    Manoj> msg=>" cant find server name for address 127.0.0.1. No
    Manoj> response from server . Default servers are not available. "
    Manoj> But if the firewall is down nslookup works.Can somebody
    Manoj> point me in the right direction ? I guess my DNS is
    Manoj> configured wrong.  Thanks a lot.  Manoj

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