LinuxSA Mailing list archives

  From: Don Collins <doncol@mail.mdt.net.au>
  To  : lloy0076 <lloy0076@rebel.net.au>
  Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 22:21:28 +0930

Re: BIND

I think you are supposed to replace 0.0.0.0 with 127.0.0.1 for it to do local
nameserver caching correctly.

lloy0076 wrote:

> Here's an interesting question that I can't quite work out the answer
> too. I have manged to setup BIND 8.2.[a number] on my system. It works
> perfectly and finds name for me on the Internet without haivng to fall
> back on another name server (i.e. in /etc/resolv.conf, nameserver
> 0.0.0.0 is sufficient).
>
> The question is the following:
>
> i have the setup of /etc/resolv.conf of
>
> nameserver 0.0.0.0
> #nameserver 203.20.69.66
>
> it works
>
> If I uncomment the hash, will my LOCAL nameserver cache a reply from
> 203. That is to say, obviously when I start up my PPP connection, my
> local nameserver has little to no cache (I think). Hence when I first
> start up name service is slightly but not really that noticeably slower
> until I resolve the names I usually go to. It's particularly noticeable
> when there are a lot of banner ad links because my name server has to go
> find a query for the whole lot of them/
>
> i.e. will my nameserver cache ANY valid reply OR will my nameserver only
> cache replies IT has gotten itself....
>
> DAVID
> --
> The Linux C Mailing Lists Have Moved
>   mailto:linuxCprogramming-request@i-docs.net?subject=subscribe
> The Linux C++ Mailing Lists Have Moved
>   mailto:tuxCPProgramming-request@i-docs.net?subject=subscribe
>
> --
> LinuxSA WWW: http://www.linuxsa.org.au/  IRC: #linuxsa on irc.linux.org.au
> To unsubscribe from the LinuxSA list:
>   mail linuxsa-request@linuxsa.org.au with "unsubscribe" as the subject

--

Don Collins - mailto:doncol@mail.mdt.net.au
http://www.mdt.net.au/~doncol


-- 
LinuxSA WWW: http://www.linuxsa.org.au/  IRC: #linuxsa on irc.linux.org.au
To unsubscribe from the LinuxSA list:
  mail linuxsa-request@linuxsa.org.au with "unsubscribe" as the subject