caching server?

Michael Voight mvoight at cisco.com
Thu Aug 5 19:43:29 UTC 1999


Yes, you need the root hints, and you need to have root hints configured
in the named.conf.

Becki Kain wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 5 Aug 1999, Michael Voight wrote:
> 
> > Yes, you have to run named in order to cache since the client DNS will
> > be directing requests to the server DNS.
> >
> > Michael
> 
> But the only zone file I need to the root servers file, correct?
> 
> thank you for not giggling on the list
> 
> becki
> 
> >
> > Becki Kain wrote:
> > >
> > > I've confused myself on this.  I have one server running 8.2.1 as a
> > > primary and all is fine.  Now, I want another box to not be a server of
> > > any kind except for it's own lookups.  I know I need the hints file, but
> > > do I need to run named as a deamon, or just have the machine's ip in the
> > > /etc/resolv.conf?
> > >
> > > yup, probably stupid question, but I've gotten confused
> > >
> > > thanks in advance
> > >
> > > Becki Kain
> > > beckers at furph.com
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> >
> 
> Becki Kain
> beckers at furph.com
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> info at furph.com     http://www.furph.com         734-513-7759 (FAX)


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