On Sun, 16 Apr 2000, Chad W. Skinner wrote:
> Does anyone know of a good site that explains the configuration of bind.
>
> Also, what exactly is a forwarder. Am I correct in assuming you can setup a
> server that can be authoritative to a local zone and if it does not have a
> requested address it forwards the request to another DNS server rather than
> resolving the address itself. If so can anyone give me an example as to why
> you would use it.
>
Hey Chad,
The forwarder works pretty much as you described. The advantage of doing
it that way lies with caching; if you forward all queries to one or two
local nameservers, their cache will be of service to your entire network
rather than individual machines. So Machine 1 asks for netscape.com, when
Machine 2 asks for netscape.com 30 seconds later its already in the cache.
Plus bind on the individual machines will consume less memory as it won't
cache the query results. For more detail and setup info, see
http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/.
Bill Carlson
------------
Systems Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Opinions are mine,
Virtual Hospital http://www.vh.org/ | not my employer's.
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics |
--
To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe"
as the Subject.
