[BlueOnyx:11645] Re: DNS listen on multiple IPs?

[Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet]

David Thacker wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> On the Cobalt RaQ when DNS service was enabled, BIND would listen on the 
> server IP as well as on all of the virtual site IPs. So, it was common to 
> list the one actual nameserver on multiple IPs, so as to appear as 
> multiple nameservers. In my case I had both "ns1" and "ns2" nameservers 
> defined on different IPs, though they were actual both on the same 
> physical box. I had additional nameservers on a different box, so I did 
> actually have working DNS service even if the main box wasn't accessible.
> 
> Anyway, I just realized that this "DNS alias" behaviour, where DNS service 
> would listen on multiple IPs on the same box does not seem to work on my 
> BX server (that replaced the RaQ).

Um... really?  Because I'm pretty sure it's listening on all configured 
IP's on all the boxes that we run.  This applies to 5106R and 5108R.
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