[MLB-WIRELESS] DNS and Locfinder

[paul van den bergen]

Erhem...
we could probably set up such a service at Swinburne...
wireless side and wired side.  This would be quite cool!

On Fri, 29 Nov 2002 01:01 pm, Fenn Bailey wrote:
> An interesting point - I don't really see why it shouldn't be modelled
> the way DNS works in the "real world":
>  - A set of root DNS servers are established that are authorative for
> melbwireless
>  - Ideally, they should be placed at stragic points within the network
>  - They are both externally and internally accessable (eg: internet and
> intranet)
>  - They will resolve internal names externally - this is not uncommon
> practice, many ISPs use internal address space for routes/tunnels and
> have them resolve by their own DNSs. I was trying to find the example I
> know (connect.com.au used to do it), but they've either changed it, or I
> can no longer find it.
>  - Ideally, the root servers should be connected for transfers both via
> the wireless network and internet (that way, there's redundancy)
>  - Caching nameservers should be placed ideally at all routing nodes, so
> people can use them if they so choose to.
>
> With the above, average Joe using cable with DHCP/etc will still be able
> to resolve the *.wireless name space and their external stuff, while
> people who have no internet access will also be able to resolve,
> assuming they can reach a working DNS server.
>
> Local routes would take care of the actual traffic, DNS would work for
> everyone - all are happy :)
>
> In addition to this, nodes could be setup intelligently to intercept and
> NAT DNS traffic to a local cached DNS (or alternate working one) if
> people are attempting to contact a DNS server that isn't currectly
> reachable. I believe you can also do this sort of thing with RIP (though
> I have no experience with it).
>
> </2c>
>
> :)
>
> 	Fenn.
>
>
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Dr Paul van den Bergen
Centre for Advanced Internet Architectures
caia.swin.edu.au
pvandenbergen at swin.edu.au
would somebody get this big walking carpet out of my way?

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