Returning different DNS records depending on who asks
In BIND 9
(named
), is there any way to return different A
records depending on the asker's IP
address?
When receiving a query for a certain DNS
name, I'd like to return external IP
address for the queries received from the outside world, and internal IP
address for the queries received from the internal subnet.
Update:
Views seem to work OK, but there are about 300
records in the zone file.
Should I copy the whole file (and manage two files from now on) if I only want a single DNS
record to be returned differently?
Solution 1:
BIND 9 has a feature to do exactly that, called "views".
There is a good article about how to use them on O'Reilly.
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/networking/news/views_0501.html
Solution 2:
For your future reference and for searching purposes this is known as "split horizon dns" It is supported in many DNS packages, including Djbdns.