<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2650.12"> <TITLE>RE: Question: resolution of private IP addresses </TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> I remember researching this too, and remember that we actually put a 10/8 address in the public DNS. AFAIK it is not considered good practice. I also remember a comment by one of my colleagues that the typical VPN software should also be able to handle this issue. Once you have a secure tunnel into your corporate network, you should be able to use the (single) DNS on your intranet. Peter van Eijk, Deloitte & Touche Bakkenist, Network Strategy & Architecture, tel: +31 6 53515927, www.van-eyk.net/pve, pvaneijk@deloitte.nl, pve@van-eyk.net > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-dns-wg@ripe.net [<A HREF="mailto:owner-dns-wg@ripe.net">mailto:owner-dns-wg@ripe.net</A>]On Behalf Of > Greg Cipollone > Sent: 16 January 2002 15:23 > To: dns-wg@ripe.net > Subject: Question: resolution of private IP addresses > > > Dear all, > > I have a simple question regarding the resolution of > hostnames with private > IP addresses. > > One of our corporate customers would like to (mis)use DNS to allow the > resolution of intranet hosts. The customer operates its own > global VPN but > for operational reasons cannot install / manage local DNS it > each and every > of its locations. Also, the customer does not want to operate > a centralised > intranet DNS service as the Internet connectivity, which is > local in each > country, in some of its remote locations would be severely > affected (as DNS > requests would take inordinate amount of time). > > I have tried to research this but could not find anything > that would be > prevent the resolution to private IP addresses. The main > concern is that > ISP's would filter out their DNS cache to prevent this. > > Any comments? > > Best regards, > > Greg Cipollone > Technischer Direktor > > > *************************************************************** > Twinwave Intranet und Internet Services GmbH > Schmidtstr. 51, 60326 Frankfurt > Tel.: +49-69-75 086-0, Fax: +49-69-75 086-555 > E-Mail: g.cipollone@twinwave.net > Web-Seite: <A HREF="http://www.twinwave.net" TARGET="_blank">http://www.twinwave.net</A> > *************************************************************** > > This e-mail message and its attachments are subject to the disclaimer published at the following website of Deloitte & Touche : <A HREF="http://www.deloitte.nl/disclaimer" TARGET="_blank">http://www.deloitte.nl/disclaimer</A> <<A HREF="http://www.deloitte.nl/index.asp?Pageid=010109135051734" TARGET="_blank">http://www.deloitte.nl/index.asp?Pageid=010109135051734</A>> </BODY> </HTML>