Re: naive bind question
On 20 Oct 2007 17:20:16 GMT, Tyler Smith <tyler.smith@mail.mcgill.ca> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm working through an old-ish book on web programming. It has several
> pages of instructions on installing and running bind8 for use on a
> standalone computer. I just used aptitude to install bind9, and
> without any additional effort I think it's working. ps aux shows the
> named daemon, and I can browse the web no problems. Is that all there
> is to it? My browser seems to be a little snappier, without the usual
> lookup times, but that could be wishful thinking.
I don't think bind is set up to even do caching out of the box, but I
could be wrong. You can use the command line utility dig to see what
your name server is doing. See dig's manual page for more info.
Cheers,
Kelly
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