[ Thanks to Falko
Timme for this link. ]
“Of course, you have modified your DNS records, but it
can take a few days until DNS changes become effective, and that is
where rinetd comes into play. If clients still use the old DNS
records, rinetd can redirect them to the new server. With rinetd,
you do not have to fiddle with iptables rules.”
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