I tried using dnsmasq to provide dns to the server, but I still get the {MISSING| messages with ipsec verify. Do I need to add something to nsswitch.conf to use dnsmasq? Peter ________________________________ From: Peter Shulkin Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 9:00 AM To: 'redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx' Subject: IPSec and DNS Can IPSec (either racoon or openswan) run without DNS on the connecting hosts? Does DNS need to be configured to talk to windows servers, too? We do not have DNS running inside our firewall, so: ipsec verify <snip> ... Opportunistic Encryption DNS checks: Looking for TXT in forward dns zone: store191 [MISSING] Does the machine have at least one non-private address? [OK] Looking for TXT in reverse dns zone: 207.3.181.128.in-addr.arpa. [MISSING] Looking for TXT in reverse dns zone: 208.3.181.128.in-addr.arpa. [MISSING] Do I need to create false entries for dns? Our nsswitch.conf is set to all files, and dns is not defined there. We really don't want to set up a DNS server for this, if we can help it. Thanks, Peter Shulkin -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list