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Re: [hobbit] DNS resolution duration
- To: hobbit (at) hswn.dk
- Subject: Re: [hobbit] DNS resolution duration
- From: Sloan <joe (at) tmsusa.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:41:05 -0800
- References: <961092e10802120752v48286f6dj216bb634962ebe32 (at) mail.gmail.com> <47B1C794.9020205 (at) mcclatchyinteractive.com>
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Tom Georgoulias wrote:
> Josh Luthman wrote:
>
>> Has anyone tried running bind9 on the Hobbit box itself and having
>> it hold cache locally?
>
> I do, and it works very well. I'm using the caching-nameserver RPM
> from Red Hat, so choose the appropriate version for your OS and use
> it. You'll definitely see a reduction in DNS lookup times.
I'm surprised to hear that anyone *wouldn't* be running a local dns
server for any unix/linux box running services that require name
resolution. It's free, it's easy and speeds performance - a no brainer.
Joe