I have VPNC running on a NetBSD firewall that is connected
to my cable ip
provider. /etc/resolv.conf is set to point first at the DNS
provided at
the site that the VPN connects to. If I telnet to hosts
from that firewall
or from my primary things seem to work ok. Nslookup works
from either machine
as well. Opera seems to work?? I get connected to where I
intended. From
my primary machine, where I have changed resolv.conf to
point at the fake
space (10.n.n.n) DNS host (the default route goes to the
cable firewall box
where the VPN is running) I have problems with FireFox (Deer
Park). If I
specify a host, which is at the other end of the VPN) using
it's name
("host.com") I can not see any packets to port 80
being generated by FireFox
on any interface. If I specify the ip address it connects.
This doesn't work
for long, as soon as I pick a link it can't resolve the
name.
Opera seems to work so I'm ignorant of how FireFox does name
resolution.
So I rsh to the firewall and start firefox there (displaying
on my primary
work machine) - same result. I'm stymied as to what is (or
is not) going on
with this, clues are appreciated.
TIA,
Paul N.
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