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How do I get DNS to answer my private IP's and forward all others to an external DNS server?

Aug 19th, 2001 20:31
Brian Coogan, Darryl Hoar,

Dnscache can be set up to do this rather easily.  Details are in the 
links and articles below, but for a brief overview: create files in 
the /service/dnscache/root/servers directory for each local domain (eg: 
168.192.in-addr.arpa, example.com, etc).  Set FORWARDONLY to 1.  Put 
the IP addresses of the server to forward all other queries to in the @ 
file.  Restart dnscache (svc -t /service/dnscache).
These steps are detailed in the answer for "How do I make my dnscache 
act as a forwarding proxy server?" in faqts at the following URL:
  http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/8895/fid/699
Check out the articles mentioned at http://djbdns.faqts.com (for 
detailed tutorial information on how to set up dnscache (eg: the 
BSDToday article by Matt Simerson is great).