[Dnsmasq-discuss] Needing multiple hostnames for NameVirtualHost

[Eric Princen]

Hi all,

Until recently, I've been using bind and dhcpd working together on my
local network. I've had a few hickups from time to time when boxes were
given new IPs from dhcpd and named was slow in showing the changes. My
addresses would wind up being off. I found dnsmasq and it appeared to
simplify things a great deal. It does except for one thing. With named,
I can set up CNAME records for http name based virtual hosts, and
everything will work property (except when there is an update issue.)
With dnsmasq, I understand there is no way to say to resolve CNAMEs to a
hostname given a ip address by dnsmasq. I've seen some explanations, and
I trust them to a point, but that still leaves me stuck. Does anyone
have any other ideas about how to get this going? I suppose I could
simply give the machine a static IP, inform dnsmasq to give that address
on request, than use hosts to supply multiple aliases. I haven't tried
that yet, but it seems feasible. Any other thoughts? Has anyone done
anything like this.

TIA,

-Eric ;-)