[Pdns-users] built in recursor: what ip to set recursor=?

[Ken Scott]

> The recursor is not built into PowerDNS, it's still an external
> executable (pdns_recursor) - or you can use any recursing nameserver
> (dnscache from djbdns, BIND in cache-only mode, etc.) that you wish.

I didn't even know that pdns has it's own recurser now,
but i can't seem to find it in the system? and i have the latest release.
"V2.9.15"


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Derrik Pates" <dpates at dsdk12.net>
To: "Jeff" <jeff at owenstechnology.com>
Cc: <pdns-users at mailman.powerdns.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 8:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Pdns-users] built in recursor: what ip to set recursor=?


> Jeff wrote:
> > i'm running the pdns-static-2.9.15-1 rpm on a redhat 9 box. i see that
the
> > recursor was originally a separate binary, but it is now built in.
however
> > after reading the docs and mailing list archives i'm still unclear what
i
> > should set recursor= to?
>
> The recursor is not built into PowerDNS, it's still an external
> executable (pdns_recursor) - or you can use any recursing nameserver
> (dnscache from djbdns, BIND in cache-only mode, etc.) that you wish.
>
> > i want pdns to use its internal recursor, talking to the root servers if
it
> > doesn't have a cached answer. however it seems that if i set
recursor=<my ISP's
> > nameserver> (can i specify more than one?), all recursive queries will
go to
> > this host instead of directly to the root servers. while i'm all for
decreasing
> > the load on the root servers, this configuration seems to create a
dependancy
> > on my isp's nameserver which i don't want - what happens if the host
specified
> > in 'recursor=' is unreachable? recursor=localhost didn't do what i
wanted
> > either.
>
> You should start pdns_recursor on another port (I typically use port
> 5353 on localhost), and the line in pdns.conf should read
> 'recursor=127.0.0.1:5353' (or change :5353 to the appropriate port). My
> /etc/powerdns/recursor.conf looks like this:
>
> daemon=on
> local-address=127.0.0.1
> local-port=5353
> aaaa-additional-processing=off
> quiet=on
>
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> dpates at dsdk12.net
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