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Overview of IP Utilities

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How the DNS Proxy Server Works

Clients on a LAN typically use DNS servers to resolve a host name to an IP

address. For example, a client might request the service

“www.nortelnetworks.com.” Because the client cannot connect to a name service,

it must translate this name to an IP address so that it can communicate over the

network. DNS is the mechanism that resolves the host name to an IP address.

Clients are typically configured with a list of DNS name servers to contact to

resolve host names. Due to network infrastructure changes, Internet service

providers and network administrators often change the IP addresses of these

statically configured name servers. When the IP addresses of these name servers

change, every network client must change its local configuration for the IP address

of the new name servers.

Using a DNS proxy server minimizes the work for the system administrator. Each

client uses the IP address of the DNS proxy server instead of the true DNS servers.

The DNS proxy server contains the list of real name servers. If the DNS servers

change, only the server list on the DNS proxy server must change.

Typically, a network client has a default route specified to a local attached router.

Careful network planning can allow the DNS proxy server to be the same as this

default route. Setting up the DNS proxy server this way simplifies the task for a

network administrator, who does not need to know the list of DNS servers when

configuring new clients.

By default, the DNS proxy listens on UDP port 53 (standard DNS server port) for

the IP interface on which it is configured. (You can, however, configure a different

port number.) When the DNS proxy receives a valid request, it forwards the packet

to the DNS server on the proxy’s list. When the DNS proxy server receives a

response from the DNS server, the DNS proxy forwards the packet to the

requesting client and stores the response in its local cache.

The DNS proxy lets you configure timeout intervals and the number of

retransmissions allowed. If the first DNS server contacted times out, the DNS

proxy tries the next server on the list, and so on, until it receives a response. If all

the servers time out, the DNS proxy returns a serv_fail error to the client. You can

configure up to three DNS servers per proxy interface.

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