NAME

Fwctl::Services::name_service - Fwctl module to handle the DNS protocol.

SYNOPSIS

accept   name_service -src INTERNET -dst NAME_SERVER
accept   name_service -src NAME_SERVER -dst INTERNET -query-port 5353

DESCRIPTION

The name_service module handles the DNS protocol. It can handle both name server and resolver configuration. When using the server option, the query can be from any ports. You can use the query-port option to specify the client port.

Default is to use only ports > 1023 as client port. (Usual resolver situation.)

AUTHOR

Francis J. Lacoste <francis.lacoste@iNsu.COM>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 1999,2000 iNsu Innovations Inc. All rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

SEE ALSO

fwctl(8) Fwctl(3) Fwctl::RuleSet(3)