Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 11:12:22 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Jack Barnett" <jackbarnett@gmail.com>, "freeBSD" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: DNS Cache - Bind Message-ID: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCKEBBCAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <dedb607c0705151945s3fbc4011wad5bdd6cf90dfba6@mail.gmail.com>
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if your not running with -4 you will get this, unless you have IPv6 configured of course... Ted > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Jack Barnett > Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 7:46 PM > To: freeBSD > Subject: DNS Cache - Bind > > > I'm running Bind 9.3.4 on FreeBSD 6.2 for my local network. > > It doesn't have any zones, it's just a local DNS that has a bunch > of forwarders. > > The first request is slow (between 150 and 300 ms) - but after that > (the next query on same domain) is fast (less then 10 ms usually). > This is nice and working the way I like it. :) > > What I'm wondering though is: > > a) How do I flush the cache if I need to (ie. need to get a new update > from the forwards) - just restart named? > > b) Are there any settings I can tweak that determine how long the > cache is kept? (ie. Say I want to keep all queries for 7 days before > they are queried from the upstream DNS servers). [This will probably > screw up dynamic DNS sites, but want to see what settings are > available] > > c) Is there a easy way to 'blacklist' sites? Say I want > 'SpammerNetwork.com' to resolve to 127.0.0.1. > > Basically I want to take this host file: > http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm > and then pump it into my DNS server, that way all the LAN clients are > "protected" from these sites. > Is there a way to do that? > > > -J > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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