Re: [Openvpn-users] split Horizon DNS

[Jan J. K. <ja...@ni...>]

hi Eric,

Eric S. Johansson wrote:
> running open VPN 2.1_RC19 on Windows 7.
>
> scanned the archives a bit but didn't see any discussion on this DNS problem. In 
> a nutshell, I want DNS queries to go to a name server across the VPN only if the 
> query can only be served by that name server.  For example, if I'm remote, all 
> harvee.org queries go to my name server on the other end of the VPN.  All of the 
> queries go to the local name server.
>
> I've had this problem on OS X, XP, Vista, Windows 7, and Linux period from some 
> conversation I've seen on the dnsmasq mailing, it's partly a resolver problem. 
> In any case, on Linux or OS X one can abuse DNSmasq to route queries on a per 
> domain basis.  Are there any solutions for Windows seven that will let me 
> resolve names on the local network as well as the remote.
>
> Was chatting with someone on IRC and it occurred to me that a reasonable 
> solution would be to build a miniature DNS proxy that would query all of the 
> name servers listed in parallel and returned the answer found.  If more than one 
> name server returns an answer, then the first one the search order is considered 
> valid.
>
> another reasonable solution, like I said is the dnsmasq one where you look at 
> the domain name and route to a remote name server based on the domain name. 
> It's a little harder to set up automatically but it's also interesting as a 
> solution.
>
> in any case, I need a solution real soon now for my Windows box.  any help would 
> be wonderful.
>
>   
I'd say this is largely off-topic for the openvpn forum, as this is 
about split-horizon DNS on Windows....
typing in
  split horizon dns windows
in google gave me this:
  http://homepages.tesco.net/J.deBoynePollard/FGA/dns-split-horizon.html

Good luck,

JJK