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Client sends request to Local DNS Server asking for the IP address of http://www.example.com.
Local DNS Server forwards this request to the Authoritative DNS Server.
The Authoritative DNS Server responds to the Local DNS Server with resolved IP addresses.
The Local DNS Server replies to the client with the IP Address (10.10.10.1) obtained from
Cyberoam.
The Client then access www.example.com using the HTTP request http://10.10.10.1
So each time a user accesses any website using its domain name, the above steps are executed
to resolve a domain name into its IP address.
Static DNS Host Entry:
Cyberoam supports Static DNS Host Entry wherein Cyberoam acts as a DNS Name Server that
provides the requesting client with 'A' or 'AAAA' records to resolve their requested URL. Also,
multiple host entries can be added to a single domain.
This facilitates resolving of frequent DNS requests ay Cyberoam itself, and avoiding multiple cycles
of the above mentioned DNS resolution cycles for every request.
This article instructs how you can configure Static DNS host entry.
Scenario
Create a static DNS host entry for a website www.example.com such that when user accesses it,
the DNS request is resolved by Cyberoam itself.
Configuration
You must be logged on to the Web Admin Console as an administrator with Read-Write permission
for relevant feature(s).
Logon to CLI Console via Telnet or SSH. You can also access the CLI Console by clicking on
the Console button on the upper right corner of the Web Admin Console screen.
Note:
From firmware version 10.6.1 onwards, the Console button is visible to the Super Administrator
ONLY.
Execute the following command to check all the resolved IP addresses for a particular domain
name
console > dnslookup host <domain name>
For example, if you want to find resolved IP address for a domain name www.example.com then
executing the following command will find the resolved IP addresses for this domain name:
console > dnslookup host example.com
Specify the IP Address 10.10.10.1 for the domain www.example.com and click OK to save the host
entry as shown below:
Conclusion:
So after above configuration of DNS host entry in Cyberoam, the steps that will be followed when any
user accesses the website www.example.com are:
Client sends the request to Cyberoam asking for the IP address of http://www.example.com
Cyberoam checks DNS host entries for the requested website.
Cyberoam replies to the client with the IP address found in the static DNS host entry for the
requested domain.
The client then accesses the website using the resolved IP address i.e. 10.10.10.1
Note:
The above configuration creates a static DNS host entry for a domain name.