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Date:      Wed, 26 Apr 2006 09:11:18 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Denis R." <darom@filmkern.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Bind as a chaching nameserver
Message-ID:  <37549.206.169.45.183.1146067878.squirrel@mail.filmkern.com>

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Richard, besides simple you want a _secure_ caching name server. Yes, you
can type "named_enable" in rc.conf and be done with it, just don't forget
to periodically check the security updates web page for BIND exploits.

Regards!

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.




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