On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 10:15:41PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello list, > > in several posts I have noticed people refer to a "caching nameserver". > What exactly is that?
It's a nameserver without local zone information except for root-hints and, perhaps, localhost. > Would BIND 9.3.1 qualify? Yes. Most Linux distributions (if you're happen to use one) have a default configuration for bind to run as caching nameserver. Minimal bind config on a Debian system: ------------------------------ options { directory "/var/cache/bind"; version "none of your business"; }; // prime the server with knowledge of the root servers zone "." { type hint; file "/etc/bind/db.root"; }; // be authoritative for the localhost forward and reverse zones, and for // broadcast zones as per RFC 1912 zone "localhost" { type master; file "/etc/bind/db.local"; }; zone "127.in-addr.arpa" { type master; file "/etc/bind/db.127"; }; zone "0.in-addr.arpa" { type master; file "/etc/bind/db.0"; }; zone "255.in-addr.arpa" { type master; file "/etc/bind/db.255"; }; ------------------------------ HTH, Chris -- Christian Recktenwald : : citecs GmbH : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unternehmensberatung fuer : voice +49 711 601 2090 : Boeblinger Strasse 189 EDV und Telekommunikation : fax +49 711 601 2092 : D-70199 Stuttgart