[Pdns-users] Problem with Multihomed pdns server...

[Brad Knowles]

At 7:16 PM +0200 2003/04/24, Mark Bergsma wrote:

>>  This is causing some problems with resolving domains, obviously, since some
>>  clients apparently just sit and loop on the first IP address, and don't
>>  listen to the response from the wrong address. Is there any way I can fix
>>  this?
>
>  I would suggest running two separate instances of pdns, one for each IP.
>  As either nameserver will only receive queries directed to a it's
>  specific IP, it will use that IP to answer the queries.

	That's a significant weakness in PowerDNS.  BIND doesn't have 
this problem, and depending on how many interfaces the server has, 
this could cause a very serious memory shortage, among many other 
potential issues that you may have to deal with.

-- 
Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles at skynet.be>

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