On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 10:15:41PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> in several posts I have noticed people refer to a "caching nameserver".
> What exactly is that?
It's a nameserver without local zone information except for
root-hints and, perhaps, localhost.
> Would BIND 9.3.1 qualify?
Yes.
Most Linux distributions (if you're happen to use one) have a default
configuration for bind to run as caching nameserver.
Minimal bind config on a Debian system:
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options {
directory "/var/cache/bind";
version "none of your business";
};
// prime the server with knowledge of the root servers
zone "." {
type hint;
file "/etc/bind/db.root";
};
// be authoritative for the localhost forward and reverse zones, and for
// broadcast zones as per RFC 1912
zone "localhost" {
type master;
file "/etc/bind/db.local";
};
zone "127.in-addr.arpa" {
type master;
file "/etc/bind/db.127";
};
zone "0.in-addr.arpa" {
type master;
file "/etc/bind/db.0";
};
zone "255.in-addr.arpa" {
type master;
file "/etc/bind/db.255";
};
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HTH, Chris
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