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

[Matthew Walker]

bert hubert said:
> On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 11:00:02PM +0200, Brad Knowles wrote:
>> 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.
>
> PowerDNS can bind perfectly to several sockets in one go. It does not need
> multiple instances to do so. Because PowerDNS does not attempt to
> enumerate the interfaces and be notified of new ones, it can easily drop
> root.

Will it answer correctly on each interface?

And if so, how do you do this inside the config file? (Would rather not do
it from the command line...)

Matthew