Chapter 43 System

Table 200 System > DNS (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

From

This displays whether the DNS server IP address is assigned by the ISP

 

dynamically through a specified interface or configured manually.

 

 

DNS Server

This is the IP address of a DNS server. This field displays N/A if you have the

 

ZyWALL get a DNS server IP address from the ISP dynamically but the specified

 

interface is not active.

 

 

Add icon

Click the Add icon in the heading row to open a screen where you can add a new

 

domain zone forwarder record. Refer to Table 202 on page 584 for information on

 

the fields.

 

Click the Edit icon to go to the screen where you can edit the record.

 

Click the Add icon in an entry to add a record below the current entry.

 

Click the Delete icon to remove an existing record. A window display asking you to

 

confirm that you want to delete the record. Note that subsequent records move up

 

by one when you take this action.

 

Click the Move to N icon to display a field to type a number for where you want to

 

put that record and press [ENTER] to move the record to the number that you

 

typed.

 

 

MX Record (for

A MX (Mail eXchange) record identifies a mail server that handles the mail for a

My FQDN)

particular domain.

 

 

#

This is the index number of the MX record.

 

 

Domain Name

This is the domain name where the mail is destined for.

 

 

IP/FQDN

This is the IP address or fully qualified domain name of a mail server that handles

 

the mail for the domain specified in the field above.

 

 

Add icon

Click the Add icon in the heading row to open a screen where you can add a new

 

MX record. Refer to Table 203 on page 585 for information on the fields.

 

Click the Edit icon to go to the screen where you can edit the record.

 

Click the Delete icon to remove an existing record. A window display asking you to

 

confirm that you want to delete the record. Note that subsequent records move up

 

by one when you take this action.

 

 

Service Control

This specifies from which computers and zones you can send DNS queries to the

 

ZyWALL.

 

 

#

This the index number of the service control rule. The ordering of your rules is

 

important as rules are applied in sequence.

 

 

Zone

This is the zone on the ZyWALL the user is allowed or denied to access.

 

 

Address

This is the object name of the IP address(es) with which the computer is allowed or

 

denied to send DNS queries.

 

 

Action

This displays whether the ZyWALL accepts DNS queries from the computer with

 

the IP address specified above through the specified zone (Accept) or discards

 

them (Deny).

 

 

Add icon

Click the Add icon in the heading row to open a screen where you can add a new

 

rule. Refer to Table 204 on page 586 for information on the fields.

 

Click the Edit icon to go to the screen where you can edit the rule.

 

Click the Add icon in an entry to add a rule below the current entry.

 

Click the Delete icon to remove an existing rule. A window display asking you to

 

confirm that you want to delete the rule. Note that subsequent rules move up by one

 

when you take this action.

 

Click the Move to N icon to display a field to type a number for where you want to

 

put that rule and press [ENTER] to move the rule to the number that you typed.

 

 

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