refreshing the dns cache

[David Botham]

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: bind-users-bounce at isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounce at isc.org]
> On Behalf Of Danny Mayer
> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 9:35 AM
> To: Simon Waters; bind-users at isc.org
> Subject: Re: refreshing the dns cache
> 
> 
> At 07:51 AM 8/21/02, Simon Waters wrote:
> 
> >Jonathan Tse wrote:
> > >
> > > Things do not go well in BIND9 and I found out it is because
> > > the cache 
> and
> > > the local zones are stored in two (or more if there are more
> > > than one 
> view)
> > > databases. I am in the midst of creating a new rndc command
> > > such that 
> it
> > > will check all the cache database and remove the cached domain.
> >
> >I believe that Nominum are introducing this into 9.3, so why not
> >try the snapshot from ftp.isc.org?
> 
> Nominum has nothing to do with this.  The ISC is responsible for
> all the BIND code.
> 
> 9.3 includes the rndc command flushname so there is no need to
> write your own implementation.

I think that Jonathan is looking for a way to flush all records in a
given domain.  BIND 9.3 will allow you do flush specific records like
www.botham.net, but not all records that end in botham.net.  For this
functionality, you would need a custom script (I think).

Dave...

> 
> Danny


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