Multiple IPs Associated With A Single Name

[Tim Daneliuk]

On 09/29/2016 04:18 PM, Tim Daneliuk wrote:
> On 09/29/2016 02:08 PM, John Miller wrote:
>> Hi Tim,
>>
>> AFAIK, multiple A records are the only way to return multiple IPs for
>> a given FQDN.  there are multiple A records for a given name, BIND
>> will return all of those records -- it'll return all the IPs.  It's up
>> to the client in question to decide how to use that information.
>>
>> John
>>
> 
> 
> Thanks all, for responding.
> 
> One followup question.  I am currently doing some engineering work for
> GreatBigHugeCo, wherein getting things like DNS updates done is very
> time and paperwork intensive.  Sometimes I think it would be easier
> to do tensor analysis with an abacus, but I digress ...
> 
> For reasons too long and complex to explain, I may want to do the following
> and need some input on how to implement this or whether it's even practical:
> 
>   - Run an instance of bind in user space so I can control all the 
>     configuration without having root.
> 
>   - Forward all lookups not in my database to a "real" DNS server
> 
> 
> What I am stuck on is this:  Is there any simple (i.e., non-root) way
> to write a client or otherwise configure userspace to go to the non-standard
> port and run my sort of man-in-the-middle server?  Or is this just a stupid
> idea?
> 
> 


I forgot to mention:  At least one use case for this might be a case where
I can force the client in user space to use the DNS server and port of my
choosing.  In that case, they won't be using the system DNS config and the
above would not apply.   However, I am unclear on whether bind can be run
as an unprivileged user on a non-standard port.

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