Hi Julian, > >The way I interpret that is that if an address cannot be resolved in > >my DNS cache, then it looks to my ISP's nameserver (and ideally finds > >the answer in its cache). Otherwise how is this any different than > >putting the ISP's nameservers in /etc/resolv.conf (I'm gathering that > >you're saying it's not any different). > > Exactly. It isn't, effectively.
I would say there is a difference, being that the local machine that is running bind instead of querying the ISP's nameserver directly is building a cache for itself, thus reducing traffic for repeated queries. It's effectively a caching only setup, with the difference that it will query your ISP's DNS instead of talking to the root servers directly. Bye, Leonard. _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list