[Pdns-users] Different replies based on origin of query

Chris lists at deksai.com
Sun Oct 14 08:08:56 UTC 2018


We've had good luck doing this with the pipe backend.  We have "magic"
urls which resolve differently based on customer information and client
location.  


On Thu, Oct 04, 2018 at 06:27:18PM +0000, Jason Bailey wrote:
> Well I'm actually referring to pdns (auth) specifically, not the recursor.  In 
> our case, we have both pdns and pdns_recursor running on a single DNS server. 
> On that system, pdns is bound to one IP (NS) and pdns_recursor is bound to 
> another IP (fwd/recursor). If someone queries the NS IP, then I may want to 
> return different responses based on where they're coming from.
> 
> Is there a way to do this? 
> 
> Jason
> 
> On Friday, September 28, 2018 10:10:49 AM MDT Pieter Lexis wrote:
> > Hi Jason,
> > 
> > On 9/28/18 4:55 PM, Jason Bailey wrote:
> > > Is there a way with pdns (auth) version 4.1 to essentially accomplish
> > > what BIND does with views? In other words, different responses for the
> > > same DNS records based on what IP or IPs the queries come from?
> > > 
> > > Suppose I wanted a given zone only to resolve if the queries come from a
> > > select IP -- can I do that? If so, how?
> > 
> > This smells like you want your local recursor to provide different
> > answers for yourdomain.example than 'other' resolvers on the internet.
> > The easiest way to do that is to use the auth-zones[1] feature of the
> > PowerDNS Recursor. Or, if you need more control, you can forward queries
> > for yourdomain.example to another authoritative server (e.g. running on
> > the local loopback) using forward-zones[2].
> > 
> > If this is not your usecase, please provide the mailinglist with more
> > information.
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > 
> > Pieter
> > 
> > 1 - https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/settings.html#auth-zones
> > 2 - https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/settings.html#forward-zones
> 
> 
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