PfSense as a Recursive DNS Server

msamblanet · Dec 30, 2005, 1:38 PM

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...

sullrich · Dec 30, 2005, 6:35 PM

You're looking for the DNS Forwarder option which looks up IP's in behalf.

msamblanet · Dec 30, 2005, 7:19 PM

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 :)

sullrich · Dec 30, 2005, 7:20 PM

Then it sounds like what your looking for is not available. It looks up against whatever servers you tell it to.

Leoandru · Jan 3, 2006, 4:19 AM

@sullrich:

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?

sullrich · Jan 3, 2006, 4:36 AM

I believe it does.

We use: http://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html