I'm currently using pound as reverse proxy to serve app, mail, and development tool servers, and thinking about rebuilding the server to use nginx instead.
A few tutorials to build reverse proxy servers include dnsmasq.
However,
- I don't currently use internal DNS (other than identically configured /etc/hosts per server,
- I've no need for DHCP,
- I can resolve internal servers by IP address or externally by host.domain A records, which is enough for my needs,
- I don't need to resolve domains internally without access to external A records, which from what I've read is a benefit of dnsmasq?
I'm wondering if I've overlooked any of dnsmasqs' benefits?
Would I benefit from setting up a lite DNS like dnsmasq with/on my reverse proxy server, in terms of speed/security/network maintenance?
Thanks
A few tutorials to build reverse proxy servers include dnsmasq.
However,
- I don't currently use internal DNS (other than identically configured /etc/hosts per server,
- I've no need for DHCP,
- I can resolve internal servers by IP address or externally by host.domain A records, which is enough for my needs,
- I don't need to resolve domains internally without access to external A records, which from what I've read is a benefit of dnsmasq?
I'm wondering if I've overlooked any of dnsmasqs' benefits?
Would I benefit from setting up a lite DNS like dnsmasq with/on my reverse proxy server, in terms of speed/security/network maintenance?
Thanks