Lookup answer depends on query source
Stephane Bortzmeyer
bortzmeyer at nic.fr
Tue Oct 14 07:51:28 UTC 2008
On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 03:14:19PM +0800,
Jing Cao <caojingnju at gmail.com> wrote
a message of 81 lines which said:
> So if the client uses a DNS resolver, the DNS who is responsible for
> the name translation will only "view" the DNS resolve's IP, not the
> client's IP?
Yes. It is an important point in DNS architecture.
> If yes, then the view in the DNS doesn't mean anything for that
> client.
What do you mean? The resolver is typically very close from the
client, most of the times, it belongs in the same organization.
> Will the DNS resolver tell the DNS who is in fact request the name
> translation?
No. This could be regarded as a big privacy breach.
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