On Fri, Dec 09, 2011 at 10:37:42AM -0500, Stéphane Graber wrote: > On 12/09/2011 04:28 AM, Soren Hansen wrote: > > It's true that there is no built-in DNS cache support as we don't > > have a name resolution *service*, but simply a name resolution > > library (in libc). Is far as I'm aware, though, Firefox and > > Chromium both have built-in DNS caches, so most (if not all) > > interactive Internet usage already benefits from a DNS cache. > > > > That is not to say that a DNS cache wouldn't be handy, though. I > > just don't think it's a great concern for the general user > > experience. > > > > > > 2011/12/3 Mark Shuttleworth <[email protected]> > >> > >> > >> Any merit to this suggestion? > >> > >> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Build-in DNS cache > >> support Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2011 06:51:24 -0000 From: xiangxw > >> <[email protected]> Reply-To: xiangxw <[email protected]> To: Mark > >> Shuttleworth <[email protected]> > >> > >> > >> As far as I know, Ubuntu does not have build-in DNS cache > >> support, while Windows does. Beginners with static IP network > >> sometimes will suffer from it, for Internet surfing will be very > >> slow without DNS cache. This can be solved by install a DNS > >> cache software such as dnsmaq, but I think this should be done > >> before user get Ubuntu. > >> > >> Ubuntu should think more about common users. Think about it, a > >> businessman use Ubuntu for the first time, but Internet is so > >> slow in Ubuntu, he may quit right away and try Windows or Mac. > >> Sorry for my English. > > (Sorry if this e-mail gets to the mailing-list twice, used the wrong > From address initially ...) > > We actually discussed that at UDS: > https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-p-dns-resolving > > I'm still doing tests on Network Manager's dnsmasq integration but for > now I haven't seen it fail any single time. Only issue I noticed is a > VPN integration issue (bug 898224). > > Once this bug is fixed my recommendation will be to turn it on in > Network Manager for 12.04. > > This will allow for better fall-back between servers, support for > split DNS, better IPv6 support, caching and possibly even DNSSEC support. > > The feature would only be on for systems running Network Manager, so > mostly on desktops.
Yeah, I like the idea of local caching server just to get DNSSEC. -Kees -- Kees Cook -- technical-board mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/technical-board
