RE: Cache DNS...??
> 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...
I believe the default behaviour of bind9 is a caching-only name server.
You'd only need to adjust the "allow-query"-directive in order to allow DNS
queries from the entire LAN instead of the localhost only. If you "apt-get
install bind9" you will have a decent installation, and you only need to
change "allow-query { 127.0.0.1; };" to "allow-query { 192.168.0.0/16; };"
or whatever your LAN's IPs are, and you should have a caching name server.
However, as you have to change your dhcp-settings then, too, to make the
clients use your local DNS instead of the ISP's, this 'dnsmasq' package
might be a lot easier ;)
Good luck
Dan
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