Re: Cache DNS...??

[Andrea Vettorello <andrea.vettorello@gmail.com>]

On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 16:45:21 +0500, Nayyar Ahmed <nayyares@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 11:18:56 +0200, Andrea Vettorello
> <andrea.vettorello@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 14:41:37 +0530, Nayyar Ahmed <nayyares@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hello All,
> > >
> > > What package should i install so that my cache
> > > server resolve names which are already resolved
> > > by it self, instead of going to service provider DNS.
> > > --
> >
> > I was going to suggest the "pdnsd" package, but i'm not sure what you
> > want to achive.
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have DSL modem connectivity which is installed in a debain SQUID cache
> server which is Routing my Local Area traffic as well (Linux Router) .
> My service provider have given me a DNS server IP which i used to give
> in my SQUID server. now when clients send request of name resolution
> to cache server  it resolv that name from service provider DNS server,
> each time when clients send requests. I want to utilize my SQUID
> server name cache and wants to resolve those name locally which are
> already resolve by SQUID.
> 
> I think i have made this clear. any way thanks for your reply.
> 

Ah ok, what you called "cache server" i usually call "http proxy server". =)

So you can use the "pdnsd" package or, as Andrew suggested, the
"dnsmasq". I'm not sure but even bind9 should have some caching system
of the resolved domain...


Andrea