hi !
i hope this can help you . it's a very simple simple cache that i used once and it
worked as far as i recall. you can download a file called root.hint from the
authoritive organisation in your country , mine is internic.se , and place it in
/var/named/
1. install bind9
2. copy the secret from your /etc/rndc.conf an creat named.conf in /etc/
my named.conf is as following. note that 10.0.0.1 should be replaced with your real ip
adress.
named.conf
--------------------------
acl "my_net" {10.0.0.1/;} ;
key "rndc-key" {
algorithm hmac-md5;
secret "a_combination_of_letters_and_numbers_u find_in_rndc.conf";
};
options {
directory "/etc/namedb"; //working directory
pid-file "named.pid"; //put pid file in working dir
allow-query { "my_net"; } ;
} ;
//root server hints
zone "." { type hint; file "root.hint";} ;
//provide a reverse mapping for the loopback adress 127.0.0.1
zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" {
type master;
file "db.127.0.0.1";
notify no;
} ;
----------------------------------------
3. creat db.127.0.0.1 in /var/named/
edit db.127.0.0.1 to make it look like this
db.127.0.0.1
------------------------; db.127.0.0
$TTL 3h
@ IN SOA localhost. root.localhost. (
2002040600 ;serial
3h ;refresh
1h ;retry
1w ;expire
1h) ;minimum
IN NS localhost.
1 IN PTR localhost.
-----------------------------------------------------------
4. in console type "service named start"
5. pray to god that i might be right for once
goodluck
/Zeynal Bandari
"Franki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi people,
>I am bumping this email back to the top in the hopes that someone address's
>it..
>
>I'd love some tips,,, is this a question for the expert list?
>
>rgds
>
>Frank
>
>(-: =================== The Question =================== :-)
>
>Hi guys,,
>
>
>I have a question.. the only slow thing about this new ADSL setup is the
>dnslookups, it takes about 4 or 5 seconds when I enter a link before it
>starts loading.. (resolving dns.)
>
>I know that its possible to setup a dnscache for the local network. but I am
>not sure how to go about it.
>
>I ran the wizard for dns in the control center of 8.2 but I have no idea if
>its working..
>is it supposed to be bind?? if I do a: service named status
>I get this message:
>rndc: connect failed: connection refused
>
>and thats as root.
>
>Does anyone know what I am talking about??? or what I can do to speed up the
>lookups?
>
>Also, is it worth setting up squid for the internal network? will it save me
>on total bandwidth for the month? (I am on a limit..)
>
>
>any tips would be much appreciated.
>
>regards
>
>
>Frank
>
>
>
>
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