Domain Name System overview

This page gives an overview of the DNS capabilities of IPFire.

DNS Proxy

IPFire employs a DNS proxy which receives DNS queries from the local networks and forwards them to DNS servers on the Internet. The responses are cached, thus IP addresses of sites frequently accessed are delivered quickly.

• DNSSEC

Configuring upstream DNS servers

The DNS proxy forwards requests to the name servers that are configured by the ISP (via PPP or DHCP). In some cases, the name servers of the ISPs are not suitable for use by either being too slow, or not supporting features like DNSSEC.

• DNS Configuration
• Domain Name System

Further Reading

• List of Public DNS Servers