Re: Running public DNS server on iSeries

[Pete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx>]

We have been using everydns.net and it has been flawless.  A small 
donation is all it takes to configure as many domains as you want.

It also supports dynamic dns for those folks who can't get a static IP 
address yet want to host a domain.

If you are looking for simple, cheap and effective DNS service you 
should check them out as well.


Pete Helgren


Neil Palmer/DPS wrote:

> I think the following is possible, though maybe not advisable.  Any 
> comments?
>
> Have a customer switching ISP's from one who was providing DNS service to 
> one who won't (because the latter has DSL and the former is only ISDN).
> They only have one system, the iSeries, behind a firewall.  I was 
> wondering about running a DNS server on the iSeries for their public 
> domain, and seting the firewall to forward DNS port 53 traffic to the 
> internal address of their iSeries.  Is this possible?  (May be an issue 
> there too in that the internal DNS address for their domain should resolve 
> to a 192.168.x.x address, so maybe that's a showstopper right there).  I'm 
> thinking I'd be better off signing them up with one of the free DNS 
> service providers.
>
>
> Also, DNS on port 53 uses only TCP. not UDP - is that right?
>
> ...Neil
>
>