Local DNS Caching not caching on external interface

[Christopher Cowart]

On 14:57 Thu 14 Dec     , Tek Bahadur Limbu wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
> I am very new to Bind and FreeBSD.
> 
> I have just configured a Local DNS server using the built-in Bind 9.3.1
> on a FreeBSD 5.4 machine.
> 
> My problem is that the machine can cache queries on the localhost and
> loop back (127.0.0.1) interface only.
> 
> I have a public static IP on this machine too and I can't seem to query
> the caching name server from my local network.
> 
> In Linux, this is no problem. I just can't seem to get Bind to work as
> in my local network. It works only on the loopback interface.

The default /etc/namedb/named.conf configuration file for BIND says:

| // If named is being used only as a local resolver, this is a safe default.
| // For named to be accessible to the network, comment this option, specify
| // the proper IP address, or delete this option.
|     listen-on   { 127.0.0.1; };

It looks like if you comment out that option, it will listen on * by
default. You could also add the other IP address on which you want named
to listen.

-- 
Chris Cowart
Network and Infrastructure Systems Administrator
RSSP-IT, UC Berkeley
"May all your pushes be popped"
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