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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Hi:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://wiki.strongswan.org/projects/strongswan/wiki/VirtualIp">http://wiki.strongswan.org/projects/strongswan/wiki/VirtualIp</a>
says:  <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>“The
client can't request other attributes, but it may process the DNS attributes.
Received DNS servers are written to the beginning of /etc/resolv.conf, or an
other file specified with the --with-resolve-conf configure directive.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Is
this statement an up-to-date descroption of the DNS config payload
functionality?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Regarding
where the received server is written, I also notice a ‘charon.plugins.resolve.file’,
so I wonder how these configurations interact (i.e., ;</span> </font>--with-resolve-conf
configure directive; vs. ‘charon.plugins.resolve.file’)?<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Also,
 rather than have the have strongSwan modify the resolv.conf file, it
would be desireable to have a notification of the returned DSN server address
via up/down script, and the conveyance of the address via a variable (just as PLUTO_MY_SOURCEIP
is set in the virtual IP case).  Is such a behavior currently supported?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Stephen
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></h5>

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