PfSense as a Recursive DNS Server
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My ISP's DNS is sometimes flakey, so I prefer to run my own recursive DNS server rather than rely on theirs.
I didn't see anything on this in the current configuration in pfSense…did I miss something or is it currently not a feature? (I know if it is not there it won't be in 1.0 ;) )
I know I can host it on my own servers but having all of one's core internet infrastructure on the pfSense box is nice...
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You're looking for the DNS Forwarder option which looks up IP's in behalf.
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I didn't quite follow that…are you saying the option is there or that I want an option that does not exist?
Note I want the DNS on my firewall to do the lookup from the authortative servers itself rather than using the ISPs servers.
I am currently using the forwarder but it goes to my ISP's DNS, which was not my goal :)
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Then it sounds like what your looking for is not available. It looks up against whatever servers you tell it to.
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You're looking for the DNS Forwarder option which looks up IP's in behalf.
Im not sure if this should be asked here but I didnt want to start a new thread.
Does the dns fowarder caches lookups?
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I believe it does.
We use: http://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html