Newbie: DNS and NAT?

[john-paul delaney]

On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, Lyle wrote:

Thanks Lyle for the offer... the price sounds reasonable, nevertheless,
I'd still like to see how far I can bring this setup on my own before
contacting you for external resources (which will probably be quite soon!)

As it appears that a primary dns won't be feasible, maybe I can just setup
a secondary behind the NAT instead, keeping Granitecanyon as the primary?  
The point, after all, is to distribute the risk - GC's secondary has been
down for days.

/j-p.

> As has been pointed out, there are problems with having a DNS server behind
> a NAT unit.  I have the facilities to give you DNS hosting(I am assuming
> that you have a fixed IP address).  I can do that for $20 per year.
> 
> Are you running a mail server or how are you handling email for your domain?
> I also have facilities to run virus scanned email services for your domain.
> 
> Lyle
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: john-paul delaney [mailto:jp at justatest.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 6:14 AM
> To: bind-users at isc.org; bind9-users at isc.org
> Subject: Newbie: DNS and NAT?
> 
> 
> 
> Hello..
> 
> I've just emerged from a newbie setting up a home server on an adsl link
> (extended) event. RH7.0/Apache/Sendmail is the configuration.  
> 
> Granitecanyon, (ns1&2) who handle my zone data have had some hiccups
> lately so I'd like to set up an authoritive nameserver for my domain, with
> GC as secondary.
> 
> Before delving into the Cricket DNS book I've just bought, I'd like to ask
> the list if it's even possible to run a 'public' DNS behind an adsl/router
> that does basic filtering and NAT/PAT?  I see I can pass all traffic on
> port 53 to the RH/Apache/Sendmail/Bind9.1.3 (second-hand P100), but am not
> sure if RR's pointing to the only public ip I have (on the router,
> naturally) will suffice?
> 
> Scenario so far - installed Bind9.1.3, it's starts up, with a few errors
> such as "ignoring out-of-zone date".  However, before tackling all of
> that, I'd like to know if what I want to do can be done? - bearing in mind
> I'm a painter, not a computer wiz like you guys :)
> 
> TIA
> 
> /j-p.

 
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