On Tue, Dec 24, 2002 at 10:08:45AM +0000 or thereabouts, Brian Wright wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 24, 2002 at 12:28:02PM -0500 or thereabouts, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > > In my opinion, after looking and using a few, there is only one, and that > > is dnscache, which can be installed alone. It is part of the djbdns > > programs. It is fast, lightweight, totally secure, far better than BIND, > > which is monolithic in terms of having both DNS and Cache together. You > > will not be sorry. I will never go back to BIND for content or caching > > servers. If you use a content server, tinydns is faster (over 5000 queries > > per second), more secure also, *much easier* to set up, etc. > > I've been using dnscache on my Linux workstation, and I can certainly vouch for it's >speed. :)
Yah, it's terrific isn't it. > One thing that confuses me though, is whether tinydns uses the same cache that >dnscache uses. Do I have to use dnscache along with tinydns? No, no ... tinydns does not cache anything. It is a content server, publishing DNS content to the world.. Dnscache is a caching proxy server, never listing deligations like tinydns, and can be used either as a forwarding or resolving proxy server, depending on your needs. They are separate programs, and not like BIND which has both together... In fact, dnscache and tinydns run on separate IP addresses within a single computer. I do this by aliasing tinydns another 192.168.x.x. address off of eth0. Using dnscache alone, for one machine, workstation, can just run on 127.0.0.x. you do not have to use both together, and many people just use dnscache, even on one workstation, just to speed up their web experience. For an in-depth understanding of the difference, please see http://homepages.tesco.net./~J.deBoynePollard/FGA/dns-server-roles.html#Content and for an overall big picture of djbdns, http://homepages.tesco.net./~J.deBoynePollard/FGA/djbdns-big-picture.html -- Gary sed '/^[when][coders]/!d /^...[discover].$/d /^..[real].[code]$/!d ' /usr/share/dict/words -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
