Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4749 mails)

["Peer Stefan" <stefan.peer@xxxxxxxx>]

Hello Himba,

> From: himba [mailto:himba@xxxxxxxx]
> Hello
> I would like to run DNS server inside the local LAN (behind 
> router/firewall), on Suse8.2. I have bought domain name, and 
> configured 
> bind9 that came with Suse8.2. Domain admin company for my country 
> -Slovenia- has web based tool for checking DNS server 
> configuration online.
> When I do check for my domain, with my DNS server as primary, 
> web tool 
> is capable to get SOA record from my DNS server, later it 
> tries to check 
> SOA records' config values and it timeouts while trying to contact my 
> server.
> I noticed that in the begining of test, web tool uses public 
> IP address 
> of my DNS server (193.x.x.x) to access zone files, later in test, it 
> tries to contact my DNS server using it's private IP address 
> (192.168.0.69) and it can't get no answer - timeout?!

You have to configure your DNS with an official IP address, because the NS-records in the zone-files are important for the name resolution and 
Internal addresses are not routed via the internet.

> On router I opened both 53 ports (udp, tcp) towards DNS 
> server inside LAN.
> I have read short description, about DNS server config, found in 
> suselinux-adminguide_en.

Additionally you have to open high ports (1024-65535). There is a very good book for DNS-beginners, it's called "DNS and BIND" by Albitz and Liu: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/dns4/
 
> What am I doing wrong :)?
> 
> regards, himba

Good luck :o)
Stefan