[CentOS] Split dns issues

[Jason Pyeron]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces at centos.org 
> [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Jason Pyeron
> Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 15:52
> To: 'CentOS mailing list'
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Split dns issues
> 
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> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: centos-bounces at centos.org
> > [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Bill Campbell
> > Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 15:20
> > To: centos at centos.org
> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Split dns issues
> > 
> > On Sun, Aug 02, 2009, Jason Pyeron wrote:
> > >We have internal DNS servers that will override the A record
> > for selected hosts.
> > >Example mail.pdinc.us will have a different internal ip than
> > external. 
> > >This has always been a fine way to handle it as the zone
> > files are for
> > >that specific host, and there have never been subdomains before.
> > >
> > >Now we want to just override the MX records for pdinc.us
> > without having
> > >to merge or manage all the records for every 
> entry/subdoamin in the 
> > >zone file for pdinc.us.
> > >
> > >Any ideas/questions?
> > 
> > We have been doing this with djbdns for years.  The tinydns 
> data files 
> > permit suffixes (suffices?) based on the querying IP 
> address to return 
> > information specific to that IP range.
> > That is a request for support at example.com from an ip in
> > 192.168.0.0/16 may return the private LAN address while one 
> from the 
> > outside world the public IP, perhaps on a different server.
> 
> Sounds like what we could use, but we are deeply entrenched 
> in bind. Secondly is it available from the upstream provider?
> 

Grepping through yum shows pdns, looks spiffy and may outway our bind
investment. But still cannot answer the question at hand about slit dns with it.

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