Re: Local DNS?

[Oleksandr Moskalenko <malex@purdue.edu>]

* Jeffrey Nowakowski (jeffno@ccs.neu.edu) wrote:
> Is there some way I can use a local DNS server to cache DNS queries?
> I ask because my current DNS server is sometimes slow; I have a cable
> modem and configure DNS automatically through DHCP.  Ideally I'd like
> to configure a local DNS server to use the cable's DNS, but cache host
> lookups for something like 24 hours before going out to the remote
> server again.
> 
> -Jeff

  Jeff,

 Look into dnscache from http://cr.yp.to
It worked perfectly for me before I set up my own DNS server. And of
course you could use the excellent BIND9 how-to to set it up as a
caching only nameserver.

  Alex.