From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 26 11:58:16 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C75FC16A402 for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:58:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dave.list@pixelhammer.com) Received: from ecluster6.tls.net (ecluster6.tls.net [65.196.224.136]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 400C643D46 for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:58:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dave.list@pixelhammer.com) Received: (qmail 20229 invoked by uid 89); 26 Apr 2006 11:58:15 -0000 Received: from 204-8-13-204.bb.hrtc.net (HELO ?192.168.0.103?) (ldg%tls.net@204.8.13.204) by auth-ecluster6.tls.net with SMTP; 26 Apr 2006 11:58:15 -0000 Message-ID: <444F6048.1080906@pixelhammer.com> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 07:58:00 -0400 From: DAve User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Windows/20060308) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <444EA79C.1040606@firebadger.net> In-Reply-To: <444EA79C.1040606@firebadger.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Bind as a chaching nameserver X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:58:16 -0000 Richard Collyer wrote: > 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. > DJB's instructions for running a cache on a workstation is the simplest set of instructions I know of. I've used them for years with great success o all my servers. Good for web and mail servers as well SA. http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/run-cache.html I also recommend the SpamAssassin Wiki. Look under the heading "Performance Tips:". http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/UsingSpamAssassin DAve -- This message was checked by forty monkeys and found to not contain any SPAM whatsoever. Your monkeys may vary