On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 11:18:45PM +1000, Russell Coker wrote: > If there was a choice between running only nscd or only named then nscd might > be a reasonable option. But given that every serious network will need a > caching DNS proxy (for which task it's unfortunate that there is nothing > better than BIND) it doesn't seem to be a problem to me that you run it on > several machines instead of just one.
At home I serve multiple workstations via a cable-modem using dnsmasq. >From the debian/control: Dnsmasq is lightweight, easy to configure DNS forwarder and DHCP server. It is designed to provide DNS and, optionally, DHCP, to a small network. It can serve the names of local machines which are not in the global DNS. The DHCP server integrates with the DNS server and allows machines with DHCP-allocated addresses to appear in the DNS with names configured either in each host or in a central configuration file. Dnsmasq supports static and dynamic DHCP leases and BOOTP for network booting of diskless machines. I can fully support this. The config file is well commented and configuring hosts for static IPs via DHCP is as easy as adding the IP and hostname to /etc/hosts and adding the host to the ACL in dnsmasq's config. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ps auxf | head -1 ; ps auxf | tail -1 USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND nobody 694 0.0 0.6 1776 776 ? S 12:30 0:00 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ Regards, David -- * Customer: "My palmtop won't turn on." * Tech Support: "Did the battery run out, maybe?" * Customer: "No, it doesn't use batteries. It's Windows powered." -- http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/cs_power.shtml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]