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The <acronym class="acronym">BIND</acronym> 9 Lightweight Resolver</h2></div></div></div> +<div class="toc"> +<p><b>Table of Contents</b></p> +<dl> +<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch05.html#id2572217">The Lightweight Resolver Library</a></span></dt> +<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch05.html#lwresd">Running a Resolver Daemon</a></span></dt> +</dl> +</div> +<div class="sect1" lang="en"> +<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"> +<a name="id2572217"></a>The Lightweight Resolver Library</h2></div></div></div> +<p> + Traditionally applications have been linked with a stub resolver + library that sends recursive DNS queries to a local caching name + server. + </p> +<p> + IPv6 once introduced new complexity into the resolution process, + such as following A6 chains and DNAME records, and simultaneous + lookup of IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. Though most of the complexity was + then removed, these are hard or impossible + to implement in a traditional stub resolver. + </p> +<p> + <acronym class="acronym">BIND</acronym> 9 therefore can also provide resolution + services to local clients + using a combination of a lightweight resolver library and a resolver + daemon process running on the local host. These communicate using + a simple UDP-based protocol, the "lightweight resolver protocol" + that is distinct from and simpler than the full DNS protocol. + </p> +</div> +<div class="sect1" lang="en"> +<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"> +<a name="lwresd"></a>Running a Resolver Daemon</h2></div></div></div> +<p> + To use the lightweight resolver interface, the system must + run the resolver daemon <span><strong class="command">lwresd</strong></span> or a + local + name server configured with a <span><strong class="command">lwres</strong></span> + statement. + </p> +<p> + By default, applications using the lightweight resolver library will + make + UDP requests to the IPv4 loopback address (127.0.0.1) on port 921. + The + address can be overridden by <span><strong class="command">lwserver</strong></span> + lines in + <code class="filename">/etc/resolv.conf</code>. + </p> +<p> + The daemon currently only looks in the DNS, but in the future + it may use other sources such as <code class="filename">/etc/hosts</code>, + NIS, etc. + </p> +<p> + The <span><strong class="command">lwresd</strong></span> daemon is essentially a + caching-only name server that responds to requests using the + lightweight + resolver protocol rather than the DNS protocol. Because it needs + to run on each host, it is designed to require no or minimal + configuration. + Unless configured otherwise, it uses the name servers listed on + <span><strong class="command">nameserver</strong></span> lines in <code class="filename">/etc/resolv.conf</code> + as forwarders, but is also capable of doing the resolution + autonomously if + none are specified. + </p> +<p> + The <span><strong class="command">lwresd</strong></span> daemon may also be + configured with a + <code class="filename">named.conf</code> style configuration file, + in + <code class="filename">/etc/lwresd.conf</code> by default. A name + server may also + be configured to act as a lightweight resolver daemon using the + <span><strong class="command">lwres</strong></span> statement in <code class="filename">named.conf</code>. + </p> +</div> +</div> +<div class="navfooter"> +<hr> +<table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"> +<tr> +<td width="40%" align="left"> +<a accesskey="p" href="Bv9ARM.ch04.html">Prev</a> </td> +<td width="20%" align="center"> </td> +<td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Bv9ARM.ch06.html">Next</a> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Chapter 4. Advanced DNS Features </td> +<td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="Bv9ARM.html">Home</a></td> +<td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Chapter 6. <acronym class="acronym">BIND</acronym> 9 Configuration Reference</td> +</tr> +</table> +</div> +</body> +</html> |