RE: [FW1] dnsinfo.C

[James Alan Conner <james.conner@qxl.com>]

Can't you just tick 'use DNS for Windows Resolution' in the WINS properties
page on NT.

Then the split DNS should do the trick. 

I'll be glad to know if this works, because it's hwat I'm planning to do.

James Conner

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Dan O'Neill [SMTP:DanO@visio.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, November 10, 1999 10:02 PM
> To:	'Suleman I Patel'; 'Gorm Jorgensen'
> Cc:	Fw-1-Mailinglist (E-mail)
> Subject:	RE: [FW1] dnsinfo.C
> 
> 
> The clients need to be configured with WINS addresses either in the IP
> stack
> directly if the client is connecting to the Internet via a network card or
> in the Dial Up Networking connectoid (95/98) or Phonebook (NT) if
> connecting
> to the Internet via dial-up.  Unfortunately this is a manual process.
> 
> There is no Split-WINS mechanism in FW-1 that I know about and I can't
> really think of a reason why you'd need one.  You most likely will not
> have
> an external WINS server...just internal ones.
> 
> We are setup in this manner and our clients are able to use WINS to
> resolve
> internal names.  If someone knows of a way to automatically provide
> clients
> with the address of an Internal WINS server I'd like to hear it.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Dan
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Suleman I Patel [mailto:spatel@algorithmics.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 1:41 PM
> To: 'Gorm Jorgensen'
> Cc: Fw-1-Mailinglist (E-mail)
> Subject: RE: [FW1] dnsinfo.C
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks; 
> Yes split-DNS, I got it to work. 
> But is there a way to have WINS information passed to the client in a
> similar way.
> 
> Thanks 
> Suleman
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gorm Jorgensen [mailto:gorm@Area51.DK]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 3:37 PM
> To: Suleman I Patel
> Cc: Fw-1-Mailinglist (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: [FW1] dnsinfo.C
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Suleman I Patel wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Has anyone successfully implemented the $FWDIR/conf/dnsinfo.C file to
> work
> > with secuRemote; ie. to pass the DNS server info to the secuRemote
> client?
> > 
> 
> If you mean Split-DNS, then Yes.
> It is working with SecuRemote 4005, but not with any of the 41xx versions.
> 
> One big disadvantage, you have to manually put: 
> 
> :dns_xlate (true) 
> :dns_encrypt (true)
> 
> in the userc.C file under options before it works.
> 
> -- 
> Gorm Jorgensen - Gorm@Area51.DK
> 
> 
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