[CentOS] named server

Tue May 17 17:01:08 UTC 2005
Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists at hughesjr.com>

On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 09:47 -0700, Lee Parmeter wrote:
> I started the named server on CentOS and it seems to
> resolve DNS request OK, but it does not seem to retain the
> info for very long. From what I can tell using "dig", a
> domain's ip address is retained for less than 12 hours. So
> in the morning, it takes 4+ seconds to resolve again the
> first time. Is there an adjustment somewhere for this or is
> the caching named support not enabled by default? 
> 
> Also, I thought it would be faster if I set named to use my
> ISP's named server as the first choice. Where do I set this
> up, in root.hints?
> 

No ... it won't normally be faster to use your ISP's DNS first ...

You will ask it a question ... it will ask the main server ... then
reply to you.  If you ask yourself, it will cut out the middle man :)
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