On 20 Oct 2007 17:20:16 GMT, Tyler Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm working through an old-ish book on web programming. It has several > pages of instructions on installing and running bind8 for use on a > standalone computer. I just used aptitude to install bind9, and > without any additional effort I think it's working. ps aux shows the > named daemon, and I can browse the web no problems. Is that all there > is to it? My browser seems to be a little snappier, without the usual > lookup times, but that could be wishful thinking.
I don't think bind is set up to even do caching out of the box, but I could be wrong. You can use the command line utility dig to see what your name server is doing. See dig's manual page for more info. Cheers, Kelly -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
