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

[bert hubert]

On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 11:09:53PM +0200, Brad Knowles wrote:
> 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.

Nonsense. Please *read* the documentation. PowerDNS binds to multiple
sockets if you specify multiple IP addresses. It does not bind to 'ANY'.


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