[Pdns-users] IP address request

[ktm at rice.edu]

On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 01:55:06AM +0400, Mikhail Nasonov wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> Please tell, is it possible to determine the IP address source from which request was initialized? PipeBackend have the option "remote-ip-address", but it shows the IP address of the final request (usually this is the DNS server of the user, not his personal address).
> 
> Thank you in advance!
> 
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> Mikhail Nasonov
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No, it is not. As far as the DNS protocol goes, the IP address of the querying
machine (usually the ISP DNS server) is all you can determine.

Cheers,
Ken