cache dns

[Jarod Wilson]

On Jul 27, 2009, at 9:48 AM, Dave Peters wrote:

> All,
>
> I am new to BIND. I would like to make it works as a cache server.  
> The details of my named.conf is shown below. What else is to be  
> configured or modify in this named.conf?

Assuming you mean to make it a caching dns server for the local area  
network, see inline below.

> // Red Hat BIND Configuration Tool
> //
> // Default initial "Caching Only" name server configuration
> //
>
> options {
>        directory "/var/named";
>        dump-file "/var/named/data/cache_dump.db";
>        statistics-file "/var/named/data/named_stats.txt";
	listen-on port 53 {
		127.0.0.1;
		your.lan.ip.here;
	};
> forward first;
> forwarders {
> 4.4.4.4; (ISP primary DNS)
> 5.5.5.5; (ISP secondary DNS)
> };
> };



And of course make sure port 53 is open in iptables.

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Jarod Wilson
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