I thought of that but I _do_ want DNS requests to trigger a dial out because I run a proxy on that same machine though which users on the LAN can access the internet. I saw that one in the samples about packet filtering in ppp but I really don't see what the point is. Surely if you don't want this to happen you simply don't run a DNS server. I really don't understand this one about filtering out DNS requests .... anyway may be it has its uses
----- Original Message ----- From: "Trevor S. Cornpropst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "DJ Boris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "freebsd-questions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 7:17 PM Subject: Re: how can I stop named to dial out at startup > On Sunday 16 March 2003 06:29, DJ Boris wrote: > > hi there, > > > > I use named to only forward dns requests (if any). every time I start it > > (manually from the command line) it dials out. then the ppp times out after > > 3 mins, connection gets dropped and everything geos back to normal. as soon > > as a dns request arrives ppp kicks in.. and so on and so on. > > > > in named.conf I have forward only and have set forwarders. so everything is > > OK but just that initial dial out at start up is annoying me. > > > > i have read named.conf manual and there is says that you can put "dialup > > yes" have done that but no luck and I think this option is more for proper > > dns and doesn't apply to dns forwarding > > > > any ideas? > > > > thanx > > dj_boris > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > You want to configure this behavior in ppp. ppp offers packet filtering with > the ability to allow/deny packets during certain states of operation, one of > them being "dial". See /usr/share/examples/ppp/ppp.conf.sample around line > 280 to see how you prevent DNS packets from initiating a dial up. man ppp may > also shed some light on your problem. > > Trevor Cornpropst > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
