[CentOS] Caching nameserver

Marco Garza testuser at ccskavenger.info
Mon Aug 8 18:40:44 UTC 2005


William Warren wrote:
> yes i need a caching name server that if the address it is looking for
> is not in cache will goto my Astaro firewall(which has the dns server
> to query).
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> eli at streetlampsoftware.com wrote:
>> William Warren wrote:
>>
>>> I am having some issue with setting up a caching nameserver.
>>> here's the link:
>>> http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=150&forum=10&post_id=400#forumpost400
>>>
>>>
>>> the OS is now CentOS4
>>
>>
>> If you only need caching, then try using something simpler, and more
>> secure, than bind. Try dnsmasq (it can run a dhcp-server too, but
>> that is easily disabled) or dns-cache (a djb software utility).
>>
>> I prefer dnsmasq myself. Simple, but effective.
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Doesn't Astaro have some form of dns caching already?

-Marco Garza






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