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

[Brad Knowles]

At 11:02 PM +0200 2003/04/24, bert hubert wrote:

>  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.

	Perhaps, but by doing this you lose track of which IP address a 
packet came in on, and therefore you're not able to generate your 
reply using the same one.

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

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!w--- O- M++ V PS++(+++) PE- Y+(++) PGP>+++ t+(+++) 5++(+++) X++(+++) R+(+++)
tv+(+++) b+(++++) DI+(++++) D+(++) G+(++++) e++>++++ h--- r---(+++)* z(+++)