Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 07:08:03 +0100 (BST) From: bsd@bathnetworks.com To: "Richard Collyer" <richard@firebadger.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bind as a chaching nameserver Message-ID: <1330.192.168.0.107.1146031683.squirrel@192.168.0.50> In-Reply-To: <444EA79C.1040606@firebadger.net> References: <444EA79C.1040606@firebadger.net>
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> Hello, > > I've recently been getting a lot of trouble with SpamAssassin performing > a lot of rDNS lookups which is causing network issues (timeouts etc to > DNS servers). > > I am trying to install BIND (or djbdns) as a simple caching nameserver. > Just to take some of the load off the networks DNS servers (my ISPs). > > However I am having trouble finding a good tutorial to follow. > > I've looked at > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-dns.html > but its mainly going on about being a nameserver which is not what I am > after, wanting to keep it more simple than that. > > [root@brian:/usr/local/etc] $ named -v > BIND 9.3.1 > > Can anyone suggest me a good tutorial to follow, I've googled but mostly > they are for debain/redhat and some of the commands and files are > different. > > Cheers > Richard Richard, What you need is a caching DNS. See para 25.6.7. If you don't use forwarders this will bypass your ISPs DNS. There are other solutions too, try Google for them. Rob
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