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DNRD is a proxy name server. To clients on your home network,
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it looks just like a name server. In reality, it forwards every
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DNS query to the "real" DNS server, and forwards responses back
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to the client.
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So, why would you want to use it? DNRD was designed for home
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networks where you might want to dial into more than one ISP
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(ie, your home ISP and a dialup connection to your office). The
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problem with multiple dialups is that you need to change
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/etc/resolv.conf for each one. With DNRD, this is no longer
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necessary.
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Your dialup machine will run DNRD (with appropriate options for
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forwarding messages to the desired DNS servers). All other
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machines on the home network, including the dialup machine
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itself, will use the dialup machine as its DNS server.
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- George Reid
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greid@ukug.uk.freebsd.org
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