[Pdns-users] Retry NXDOMAIN with a secondary forwarder

Aki Tuomi cmouse at youzen.ext.b2.fi
Sun Jan 8 21:41:56 UTC 2012


Yep. Of course, I understand if this is not feasible. Just thought to suggest this option, too.

Aki Tuomi

On Sun, Jan 08, 2012 at 09:30:38PM +0000, Richard Connon wrote:
> Wouldn't that mean I'd need the zone data for the entire zone rather
> than just my hosts?
> 
> On 08/01/2012 21:09, Aki Tuomi wrote:
> >I would suggest you configure an powerdns AUTH server which contains the entire zone
> >and use option 'forward=zone.name=auth.server.ip' in recursor.conf instead.
> >
> >Much cleaner approach.
> >
> >Aki Tuomi
> >
> >On Sat, Jan 07, 2012 at 05:30:51PM +0000, Richard Connon wrote:
> >>I want to overlay a set of names onto an existing DNS zone for which
> >>I don't control the nameserver.
> >>I have a number of names which are "mine" inside a zone managed
> >>"higher up" my organisation. The zone also contains lots of names
> >>which are not "mine".
> >>DNS updates can take over 3 weeks (ridiculous, no?) to happen on the
> >>actual organisational nameservers so I want to make a resolver which
> >>will reflect our changes immediately.
> >>
> >>On 07/01/2012 17:24, Peter van Dijk wrote:
> >>>Hello Richard,
> >>>
> >>>On Jan 7, 2012, at 4:45 , Richard Connon wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>Is it possible through lua scripting or otherwise to configure powerdns to look NXDOMAIN responses up in a second forwarder before returning NXDOMAIN.
> >>>>To clarify I'd like it to go something like:
> >>>>
> >>>>lookup name in NS1
> >>>>if found in NS1:
> >>>>    return NS1 result
> >>>>else:
> >>>>    lookup name in NS2
> >>>>    return NS2 result
> >>>Taking one step back: what actual problem are you trying to solve here?
> >>>
> >>>Kind regards,
> >>>Peter van Dijk
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